DANA.

DANA.

Excellence of Religion.

Prov. 12: 26. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour.

Happiness of Life.

Ps. 34: 8. O taste and see that the LORD is good blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

DANA.

DANA.

The Standard of Honour.

Prov. 3: 35. The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Good Company recommended.

Ps. 119: 63. I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

DANA.

Caution against Bad Company.

Ps. 1: 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

DANA.

Caution against Bad Books.

Prov. 19: 27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

DANA.

DANA.

Frugality.

John 6: 12. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

Dissipation.

2 Tim. 3:4. Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.

THOLUCK. Causes of Fruitless Resolutions.

Ps. 119: 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word.

THOLUCK. Inquiry concerning the Work of God.

Numb. 23: 23. What hath God wrought!

MCWHORTER. Excellencies and Evils of the Tongue.

James 3: 6. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

A. LEE.

The Human Character determined only by God.

1 Cor. 4: 3, 4. But with me it is a very

A. LEE.

small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing of myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

Characters will be disclosed and
Justice awarded.

1 Cor. 4: 5. Who both will bring to light
the hidden things of darkness, and will
make manifest the counsels of the hearts.

LATHROP. The Guilt and Danger of Unbelief.

Isa. 53: 1. Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

LATHROP. Pilate's Indifference to Truth.

John 18: 38. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?

LATHROP. The Influence of Religion to enlarge the Mind.

2 Cor. 6: 13. Now for a recompense in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

LATHROP. God is to be Glorified in all our

Actions.

1 Pet. 4: 11. If any man speak, let him

speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

LATHROP. Avarice and Dishonesty covered with the Pretext of Prudence and

Charity.

Mat. 26: 8. To what purpose is this waste?

LATHROP. The Wisdom and Importance of Religion.

Prov. 4: 7. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

LATHROP. The Peace and Safety of the Good Man.

Ps. 4:8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

LATHROP. Morning Devotions.

Ps. 5: 3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

LATHROP. Beasts and Birds Preaching to Man.

Job 12: 7. But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee.

LATHROP. Universal Obligation of Religion.

2 Kings 17: 40, 41. Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

LATHROP. Folly Conspicuous in a Virtuous

Character.

Eccl. 10: 1. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

LATHROP. Death and Judgment.

Heb. 9: 27. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judg

ment.

LATHROP. Impiety of alleging God's Promise as a Reason for Neglecting

Duty.

Mat. 4: 5-7. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.