Theological DISCOURSES ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS, DOCTRINAL AND PRACTICAL. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY JAMES THOMSON, ... John viii. 32. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 1 Tim. iv. 8. VOL. II. PAISLEY: PRINTED BY STEPHEN YOUNG. PAGE. and thee, and thy. seed after thee, &c. GAL. iii. 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ. Of the administration of the Abrahamic covenant, 297 GEN. xvii, 7. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, &c. GAL. iii. 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ DISCOURSE XXIII. On the gospel exhibition of Christ, ROM. x. 8-10. But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart, &c. 344 ROM. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. DISCOURSE XXVII. On the influence of faith on the believer's life, GAL. ii. 20. I live by the faith of the Son of God. DISCOURSE On faith evidenced by its fruits, XXVIII, JAMES ii. 18. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. The Antichristian enemies of the church characterized and as such made God's sacrifice, ISAIAH XXXIV. 6. The Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. 494 537 565 DISCOURSE XIV. THE FULNESS OF CHRIST THE SOURCE OF THE BELIEVER'S SUPPLY. JOHN i. 16. Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. Two things, which are of the last importance to man in his lapsed condition, demand his serious attention, though there is scarcely any thing about which he is less concerned. These are, the knowledge of himself and of Christ. "Know thyself" was one of the wisest maxims of the heathens; and though they did not enjoy means sufficient for acquiring it, yet they seem to have admitted the necessity and propriety of it. Such as enjoy divine revelation, have the means, yet are not careful to employ them. As sin has placed them in circumstances truly hazardous, and deprived them of all ability to secure themselves; it has also blinded their minds, and it continually deceives them. "They know not that they are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." In this state, they cannot be impressed with their danger, nor cordially embrace any means that may offer for their deliverance. Messiah, and he alone, is the Deliverer from evil, but without some just conceptions of him, in this character, no sinner can receive him as his Saviour. Sinners ought to VOL. II. A |