SERMON XIV.

Rest for the Weary.

Matt. xi. 28.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you

rest,

SERMON XV.

Messiah's easy Yoke.

Matt. xi. 29, 30.

163

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in

heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my

burden is light,

PART II.

SERMON XVI.

The Lamb of God, the Great Atonement.

John i. 29.

Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world!

SERMON XVII.

Messiah despised, and rejected of Men.

Isaiah liii. 3.

173

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with

grief,

SERMON XVIII.

Voluntary Suffering.

Isaiah 1. 6.

198

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair

I had not my face from shame and spitting,

SERMON XIX.

Messiah suffering and wounded for us.

Isaiah liii. 4, 5.

209

Surely he hath borne our grief and carried our sorrows. He was wounded

for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement

of our peace was upon him, and with his stries we are healed,

219

SERMON XX.

Sin charged upon the Surety.

Isaiah liii. 6.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we turned every one to his own way; and

the Lord hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all,

SERMON XXI.

Messiah derided upon the Cross.

Psal. xxii. 7, 8.

230

All they that see me, laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the

head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him; let him de-

liver him, seeing he delighted in him,

SERMON XXII.

Messiah unpitied, and without Comforter.

Psal. Ixix. 20.

240

Reproach [rebuke] hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I

looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I

found none,

SERMON XXIII.

No Sorrow like Messiah's Sorrow.

250

Lam. i. 12.

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by 2 Behold, and see, if there be any sor

row like unto my sorrow!

SERMON XXIV.

Messiah's Innocence vindicated.

Isaiah liii. 8.

260

He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his gene.

ration? For he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the trans-

gression of my people was he stricken,

SERMON XXV.

270

Messiah rising from the dead.

Psal. xvi. 10:

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One

to see corruption,

280

SERMON XXVI.

The Ascension of Messiah to Glory.

Psal. xxiv. 7-10.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in buttle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of Hosts, he is the King of

glory,

SERMON XXVII.

292

Messiah the Son of God.

Heb. i. 5.

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?

SERMON XXVIII.

Messiah worshipped by Angels.

302

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them,

324

SERMON XXX.

The Publication of the Gospel.

Psal. lxviii. 11.

The Lord gave the word, great was the company of those that published it [or, of the preachers.]

SERMON XXXI.

The Gospel Message, glad Tidings.

Rom. x. 15.

335

[As it is written] How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

346

SERMON XXXII.

The Progress of the Gospel.

Rom. x. 18.

—Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world,

357

SERMON XXXIII.

Opposition to Messiah unreasonable.

Psal. ii. 1-3.

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed; saying, Let us break his bonds asunder and cast away his cords from us,

SERMON XXXIV,

Opposition to Messiah in vain.

Psal. ii. 4.

368

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision,

SERMON XXXV.

Opposition to Messiah ruinous.

Psal. ii. 9.

379

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel,

SERMON XXXVI.

The Lord reigneth.

Rev. xix. 6.

Hallelujah; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth,

SERMON XXXVII.

The Extent of Messiah's Spiritual Kingdom.

Rev. xi. 15.

389

400

The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his

Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever,

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411

SERMON XXXVIII.

King of kings, and Lord of lords.

Rev. xix. 16.

[And he hath on his vesture, and on his thigh a name written,] KING OF

KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS,

425

PART III.

SERMON XXXIX.

Job's Faith and Expectation.

Job xix. 25, 26.

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand in the latter day upor

the earth. And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my

flesh shall I see God,

SERMON XL..

435

The Lord is risen indeed,

1 Cor. xv. 20.

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that

448

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive,

SERMON XLII.

The general Resurrection.

1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.

458

Behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ;