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GENERAL CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

pp. i. to xxii.

CLAUDE'S ESSAY ON 11 E COMPOSITION OF A SERMON,

WITH EXPI ANATORY CONTENTS

pp. xxiii. to 212

SERMON ON THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, ILLUSTRATIVE

OF THE ABOVE ESSAY

PP. 213 to 241

SKELETONS

I to 100

VOL. II.

(COMPRISING THE TYPES AND PROPHECIES)

SKELETONS

101 to 219

VOL. III.

(COMPRISING THE PARABLES AND MIRACLES, WITH

SUBJECTS FOR FASTS AND THANKSGIVING)

SKELETONS

220 to 342

VOL. IV.

(COMPRISING WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS)

SKELETONS

343 to 473

VOL. V.

(COMPRISING PROMISES AND EXAMPLES)

SKELETONS

p To each volume is prefixed an Index to the subjects treated of: And

At the end of the fifth volume will be found a Table of the texts illustrated in the Skeletons, and an Index to subjects pro. per for particular occasions.

INDEX

TO THE SUBJECTS OF VOLUME FIRST.

SKEL.

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243

2

246

3

249

4

252

5

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6

258

The only true and sufficient ground of glo-

rying
* Our Lord's answer to the penitent thief
The difficulty of knowing our own state
• Men's contempt of God
Man's abuse of God's patience
The improvement to be made of the doctrine of a

future judgment
Christ's advice to self-deceiving professors
The doxology of the redeemed
The reflections of a penitent
* The worth of the soul
God's care for his people
The riches of divine grace displayed
* The danger of neglecting our salvation
The duty of devoting ourselves to Goul
Our Lord's condescension to sinners
The ends for which the Holy Spirit is given to

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The Asterisks denote those subjects that were treated before the University.

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302

22

306

23

24

312

25

315

26

319

27

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324

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The duty and office of Christian love
The omuiscience of God
The end for which God suffers his people to be

afflicted
Encouragement to stedfastness in religious duties
The effect which a sight of God produces
Advice to persons under persecution or temptation
The discouragements and supports experienced

by God's people •
The inestimable privileges of believers
* The importance of living by faith on Christ
God's treatment of us as branches of the true vine
The Christian congratulated on his reliance on

Christ
The extent and grounds of Christian obedience
The greatness and preciousness of the promises
An exhortation to holiness
Directions how to hear sermons
The excellency and efficacy of the gospel
The duty of considering the names and offices of

Jesus Christ

327

Paul's discourse before Felix
The remedy for those who have lost their sea-

sons of grace
God's dealings with his people opened
The blessedness of God's people
Regeneration considered in its causes and benefits
The ground of God's final decision-
The carnal and spiritual mind contrasted
The light in which Christ regards his followers
The end for which Christ dedicated himself to God
The circumstances of our Lord's death fore-or-

dained
The brazen serpent a type of Christ
The difficulty of salvation, a just ground of ap-

prehension to the ungodly
The great sin of rejecting Christ