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LEVITICUS, Ch. 26—27.
26. 18. Further warnings against
transgressing God's laws.
26. 40. Promises of mercy if the
people shall repent.

27. 1. The law of vows.

27. 26. Of things devoted and of
tithes.

LECTURE 231–234.
231. The threatenings of God sure
to be fulfilled.

232. Chastisement ought to lead us
to repentance and obedience.
233. Christian devotedness.
234. The duty of giving to holy

uses.

THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS.
CHAPTER 1-9.

1. 1. The people to be number-

ed. The princes of the tribes.

1. 5. The numbers of the several

tribes.

1. 36. The numbers of the tribes

summed up.

2. 1. The order of encampment.

2. 18. The order of encampment

concluded.

3. 1. The generations of Aaron

and Moses.

3. 27. The firstborn exchanged for

the tribe of Levi.

4. 1. The charge of the Kohath-

ites.

4. 21. The charge of the Gershon-

ites and of the Merarites.

4. 34. The sons of Kohath, Ger-

shop, and Merari numbered.

5. 1. The unclean removed. Re-

stitution. The trespass offering.

5. 11. The law of jealousies.

6. 1. The Law of the Nazarite.

6. 22. The form of blessing the

people.

7. 1. The offerings of the princes.

7. 30. The offerings of the princes

continued.

7. 60. The offerings of the princes

concluded.

8. 1. Aaron lighteth the lamps.

Levites must be offered before

the Lord.

8. 15. The Levites are dedicated.

The time of their service.

9. 1. The passover to be kept in

the wilderness.

9. 15. The signal by which the Is-

raelites rested or removed.

LECTURE 235-255.

235. That there must be order and

unity in the church.

236. Marvellous things accounted

for by the power of God.

237 That we must grow in grace

continually.

238. Subordination of rank.

239. The provision for unanimity

in the church.

240. The honour due to the priest-

hood of Christ.

241. God is sure to honour those

who honour Him.

242. Against prying into forbid-

den knowledge.

243. The tabernacle of the body,

dissolved by death, to be again

set up.

244. Divers offices and orders in

the Christian ministry.

245. The holy life which we live

is to be ascribed to Christ.

246. The certainty of judgment.

247. Our Christian vow.

248. The efficacy of God's bless-

ing.

249. The bountifulness of the great.

250 God provides for the enjoy-

ments of his people.

251. That the church may ordain

religious ceremonies.

252. The light of grace derived

from the Holy Ghost through

Christ.

253. Of increasing the supply of

ministers of the Gospel.

254. The advantage of having re-

course to ministers of the Gos-

pel.

255. The sin of them that die by

their own hands.

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LECTURE 256-278.

256. That our dispensation is one

of faith and not of sense.

257. The help of God a motive for

us to exert ourselves.

258. That God's power and good-

ness are unbounded.

259. Many die before their time

through indulging their lusts.

260. That the pardon of sin, for

Christ's sake is free and full.

261. The sure report which we

have of heaven.

262. Fear and unbelief contrasted

with faith and courage.

263. How we ought to behave

when assaulted by the violent.

264. How we ought to think of

God, when we pray.

265. That we must approach heaven

by God's way not our own.

266. God's goodness does not fail

by reason of man's sin.

267. The peril of persisting in wil-

ful sin.

268. Motives to restrain envy and

ambition.

269. That it is at our peril, if we

refuse to listen to our Saviour.

270. How God honours his own

ordinances.

271. They that are called of God

are enabled to bear fruit.

272. The responsibility of the

Christian ministry.

273. How they which preach the

Gospel should live of the Gos-

pel.

274. The sprinkling of Christ's

blood.

275. The sinfulness of not believ-

ing and not glorifying God.

276. The consolations of them that

die in the Lord.

277. All invited to look to Christ

lifted up on the cross.

278. The joy of seeing God's mer-

cy in every thing.

NUMBERS, ch. 22—35.

22. 1. Balak sendeth for Balaam,

who at length hath leave to go.

22. 22. Balaam is rebuked for his

iniquity: cometh to Balak.

23. 1. Balak's sacrifice. Balaam's

first prophecy.

23. 11. The second prophecy of

Balaam.

24. 1. Balaam prophesieth the third

time; and is dismissed.

24. 12. Balaam prophesieth the

fourth time; and departeth.

25. 1. Israel joined to Baal-peor.

The zeal and reward of Phinehas.

26. 1. Moses and Eleazar number

the people in the plains of Moab.

26. 35. The numbering is complet-

ed. Of dividing the land.

27. 1. The plea of Zelophehad's

daughters. The law of heirship.

27. 12. Moses is summoned to

mount Abarim. The appoint-

ment of Joshua.

28. 1. The law of burnt offerings

for each day throughout the year.

29. 1. The yearly order of the sa-

crifices continued.

29. 17. The yearly order of the sa-

crifices concluded.

30. 1. The law of vows made by

daughters or wives.

31. 1. The Midianites are con-

quered, slain, and spoiled.

31. 25. The spoil of the Midianites

divided. The oblation of the

captains.

32. 1. The request of the tribes of

Reuben and Gad. They are re-

proved.

32. 20. Two tribes and a half are

settled to the east of Jordan.

33. 1. The journeys of the chil-

dren of Israel.

33. 37. The charge to drive out the

Canaanites.

34. 1. The borders of the land de-

scribed, and that they should di-

vide it.

35. 1. The forty-eight cities of the

Levites. The six cities of refuge.

LECTURE 279-301.

279. The sin of harbouring wishes

contrary to the will of God.

280. That it is our glory to fulfil

the pleasure of God.

281. The decline of true religion

at the time of Balaam.

282. Spiritual blessings assured to

Christians.

283. Against wishing to earn the

wages of iniquity.

284. That Christ is the Conqueror

here chiefly intended.

285. A warning against presuming

to sin wilfully.

286. A sense of frailty ought to

make us lean on God for help.

287. That God keeps account of

all men with a view to judg-

ment.

288. The law by which our inhe-

ritance in heaven is adjudged.

289. That we must leave our work

cheerfully at the call of death.

290. The due employment of the

sabbath day.

291. That God would have his

people to rejoice continually.

292. That we are to assemble at

the heavenly Jerusalem.

293. The advantage of paying

what we have vowed to God.

294. The righteousness of God's

judgments.

295. That the gifts of God are

liable to be taken away.

296. The duty and efficacy of bro-

therly admonition.

297. That sin though forgiven en-

tails suffering on earth.

298. The use of viewing the stages

of our spiritual course.

299. The most effectual means of

driving out unbelief and idolatry.

300. That space and time are alike

open before God.

301. How that which is at first a

curse may become a blessing.

NUMBERS ch. 35-36.

35. 16. The manslayer distinguish-

ed from the murderer.

36. 1. Heiresses are forbidden to

marry out of their respective

tribes.

36. 13. The conclusion of the Book

Numbers.

LECTURE 302-304.

302. Christ the Redeemer, the

Spouse, and the Avenger of

his people.

303. Of concern for the spiritual

interest of children.

304. The justice and mercifulness

of God.

THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY.
CHAPTER 1-9.

1. 1. The beginning of the Book

of Deuteronomy.

1. 3. Of the departure from Ho-

reb, and arrival at Kadesh-bar-

nea.

1. 22. The unbelief and disobedi-

ence at Kadesh-barnea.

2. 1. The treatment of the Edom-

ites and of the Moabites.

2. 16. The Ammonites spared. The

Amorites destroyed.

3. 1. The defeat of Og king of Ba-

shan; and of his people.

3. 18. Moses is not allowed to go

over Jordan.

4. 1. Of God's statutes; and espe-

cially of the covenant at Horeb.

4. 14. A solemn warning of judg-

ment against image worship.

1. 32. The end of the exhortation.
The three cities of refuge.

5. 1. The four first of the ten com-

mandments repeated.

5. 16. The six last commandments.

The terrors of mount Sinai.

6. 1. An exhortation to fear and

love the Lord God.

7. 1. The Israelites are commis-

sioned to displace the seven

nations.

7. 12. God encourageth the people

by sundry promises.

8. 1. A rehearsal of some chief

mercies, chastisements, and

promises.

9. 1. Moses warneth the people

against spiritual pride.

9. 13. Moses remindeth the people of

his intercession in their behalf.

LECTURE 305–322.

305. The advantages of repeated

admonition.

306. Of feeling the assurance of

hope; and of our help thereto.

ners.

319. That we are bound to fulfil

our part of the better covenant.

320. The snares to which we are

exposed by abundance upon

earth.

321. The advantage of reflecting

on our past transgressions.

322. The intercession of Christ

ought to keep us humble minded.

DEUTERONOMY, ch. 10-23.

10. 1. Moses declareth what it is

that God requireth ofhis people.

11. 1. The experience of God's

miracles. The promise of his

blessings.

11. 18. A blessing and a curse set

before the Israelites.

12. 1. Of the place in which God

would put his name.

12. 17. Of the place of sacrifice.

Against inquiring after idolatry.

13. 1. Of them that entice, or are

enticed, to the service of false

gods.

14. 1. Regulations chiefly concern-

ing food, lawful and unlawful.

14. 22. Of the disposal of the se-

cond tithes and firstlings.

15. 1. Of the release of debts on

the seventh year.

15. 12. Ofthe treatment of Hebrew

bond servants. Of firstlings.

16. 1. The observance of the three

great festivals.

16. 16. Of meeting together at the

three feasts. Of judges. Against

idolatry.

17. 1. Idolators to be put to death.

The appeal to the priests.

17. 14. The choice and duties of a

king of Israel.

18. 1. Of the priests and Levites.

Of divines. Of a Prophet like

unto Moses.

19. 1. Of cities of refuge. Of re-

moving a landmark. Of wit-

nesses.

20. 1. The people are instructed

in the method of their warfare.

21. 1. Of a man found slain, the

murderer being unknown.

21. 10. Of captive women; of the

firstborn; of a rebellious son;

of hanging.

22. 1. Of apparel; and of human-

ity to man and beast.

22. 13. Laws relating to sins of

impurity.

23. 1. Sundry laws, for the most

part now first revealed.

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