The Nature and Necessity of Evangelical Repentance. And the times of this ignorance God winked at, &c. PAGE -Acts xvii. 30...... 192 The Righteous anticipating the Recompense of Reward. Awake, thou that sleepest, &c.—Eph. v. 14.............. All things work together for good, &c.-Rom. viii. 28. .......... Love to God and Man, the Substance of all Religion. The end of the commandment is charity, &c.-1 Tim. i. 5....... 200 202 205 The Character and Blessedness of the Lowly. Though the Lord be high, &c.-Ps. cxxxviii. 6..... 207 A most wonderful Sight.-the burning Bush. And Moses said, I will turn aside and see this great sight, &c.-Ex. iii. 3.. The Gospel, the perfect Law of Liberty. Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, &c.——— Jesus Christ, the Plant of Renown. I will raise up unto them a plant of Renown.-Ezek. xxxiv. 29.. The Power of God displayed; or, the Gospel, a Trea sure, in Earthen Vessels. We have this treasure in earthen vessels.-2 Cor. iv. 7....... The Danger of neglecting Christ and Salvation. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation. -Heb. ii. 3.. The victorious Christian. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, &c.-Rom. viii. 37...... 210 212 214 217 221 223 The Blessedness of those who are not offended at Christ. And blessed is he whosover shall not be offended in PAGE me.-Matt. xi. 6... .... Christ the promised Mercy. 227 To perform the mercy promised, &c.-Luke i. 72... 229 Man his own Destroyer, and Christ his only Help. Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, &c.-Hos. xiii. 9.... 232 Christ the Destroyer of every Enemy. The breaker is come up before them, &c.—Mic. ii. 13. 234 The Gospel Trumpet. It shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, &c.-Isa. xxvii. 13.... ...... Christ the great Subject of a Gospel Ministry. Whom we preach, warning every man, &c.-Col. i. 28...... The tender Expostulation of Heaven itself. Why will ye die?-Ezek. xviii. 31... .... The Birth of Christ announced by an Angel. The Conversion of the Gentiles, the Cause of great Sur prise and Joy. Whose are these that fly as a cloud, &c.—Isa. lx. S.. 251 God requires the Heart. My son, give me thine heart.-Prov. xxiii. 26..... The Throne of God founded on Justice and Judgment. Hypocrisy, a most heinous Iniquity. 254 256 Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.-Luke xii. 1. 260 The indispensable Necessity of the Sufferings and Resurrection of Christ. Thus it it written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, &c.-Luke xxiv. 46, 47... ...... 262 True Religion progressive. The path of the just is as a shining tight.-Prov. iv. PAGE Jesus, the Saviour. 264 Thou shalt call his name Jesus, &c.-Matt. i. 21.... 267 The Blessedness of the watchful Servant. Blessed are those servants, &c.-Luke xii. 37...... 270 The Gospel, the Word of Salvation. To you is the word of this salvation sent.-Acts xiii. 26... ........ *The divine Dispensations of Grace and Providence elu- cidated. I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, The Wrath of God and the Lamb. 272 And the kings of the earth, &c.-Rev. vi. 15-17.... 277 The Christian's Extremity is God's Opportunity, Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh, The Happiness of God's Israel.. 230 Happy art thou, O Israel, &c.-Deut. xxxiii. 29..... 283 The repenting and returning Prodigal. I will arise and go to my Father, &c.-Luke xv. 18, 19..... The grand Question. 285 This year thou shalt die.-Jer. xxviii. 16...... Her ways are ways of pleasantness, &c.-Prov. iii. 17....... The Intercession of Christ, a Demonstration of his Ca- pacity to save. Christ, all in all. Christ is all, and in all.-Col. iii. 11........PAGE 301 The indispensable Necessity of Regeneration. Except a man be born again, &c.—John iii. 3....... The Duty of searching the Scriptures. Search the Scriptures.-John v. 39.... The best Company. I am a companion of all them that fear thee, &c.-Ps. cxix. 63.. The Importance of keeping the Heart. Keep thy heart, &c.-Prov. iv. 23.. That sin-might become exceeding sinful-Rom. vii. 13.. Sin, exceeding sinful. Faith, the internal Witness He that believeth hath the witness in himself.-I John v. 10..... Christ, a despised and rejected Saviour. He is despised and rejected of men.-Isa. liii. 3..... Things unseen-Eternal. The things that are not seen are eternal.-2 Cor. iv. 18.. 303 306 306 310 A 313 316 319 ........ 321 The Utility and Importance of a sanctified MemoryBy which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory, &c. -1 Cor. xv. 2.. 324 Joyful Tidings to a Captive People, Blind Bartimeus restored to sight. Go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole, &c. Mark x. 52....... Divine Condescension. What is man? &c.-Job vii. 17..... The Cross of Christ the Christian's Glory. 330 332 God forbid that I should glory, &c.-Gal. vi. 14..... 335 Sinner's gathered to Christ. Unto him shall the gathering of the people be-Gen. xlix. 10..... ༢༢ Believers, Children of Promise. Now we as Isaac was, are children of promise- PAGE Gal. iv. 28....... The Saint's Security. &e. Rev. iv. 3...... ....... 339 And there was a rainbow round about the throne, Regeneration, a Source of the noblest Joy. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, &c.-1 Peter i. 9-5.... Christ an Advocate. We have an Advocate with the Father, &c.-1 John ii. 1... 341 344 346 The Folly of a Profession without Practice. Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, &c.-Luke vi. 46..... 348 |