CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

THE TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

ROMANS viii. 16.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that

we are the children of God

SERMON II.

CHRISTIAN FEAR.

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PHILIPPIANS ii. 12, 13.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed,

not as in my presence only, but now much more

in my absence, work out your own salvation with

fear and trembling; for it is God which worketh

in
you
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SERMON III.

THE BLESSEDNESS OF TRUSTING IN GOD.

PSALM lxxxiv. 12.

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O Lord of Hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in

thee.

PART I. The man who putteth his trust in God is

truly rational

SERMON IV.

THE BLESSEDNESS OF TRUSTING IN GOD.

PSALM lxxxiv. 12.

O Lord God of Hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth

in thee.

PART II. The man who trusts in God is truly vir-

tuous and truly happy

SERMON V.

TEMPTATION.

1 COR. X. 13.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is

common to man: but God is faithful, who will not

suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;

but will with the temptation also make a way to

escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

PART I. Our Temptations are not surprising

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SERMON VI.

TEMPTATION.

1 COR. X. 13.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is

common to man: but God is faithful, who will not

suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;

but will with the temptation also make a way to

that ye may be able to bear it.

escape,

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SERMON VII.

TEMPTATION.

1 COR. X. 13.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is

common to man: but God is faithful, who will not

suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able ;

but will with the temptation also make a way to

escape, that
ye may be able to bear it.

PART III. Our Temptations are capable of being

made the instruments of the greatest blessings to

SERMON VIII.

THE INEVITABLE CHOICE.

ST. MARK viii. 36.

What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole

world, and lose his own soul. .

SERMON IX.

DANIEL Xii. 3.

They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the

firmament; and they that turn many to righteous-

ness as the stars for ever and ever.

THE BREVITY OF THE APOSTOLICAL HISTORY.

SERMON X.

PART I. The brevity of the History, a fact which

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THE BREVITY OF THE APOSTOLICAL HISTORY.

DANIEL Xii. 3.

They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of

the firmament; and they that turn many to righte-*

ousness as the stars for ever and ever.

PART II. The brevity of the History illustrative of

the spirit and design of the New Testament

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