THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

GENERAL CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE - . pp. i. to xxii.

CLAUDE'S ESSAY ON THE 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 . . . . 1 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 . . . . 474 to 600

WITH TEN ENTIRE SERMONS ON THE CHRISTIAN'S

ARMOUR, ·

Pp. 495 to 585

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.

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| The only true and sufficient ground of glo-

rying · · · · · · ·
2 • 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.
10 . 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 God · ·
Our Lord's condescension to sinners .
| The ends for which the Holy Spirit is given to

men . . . . . . . .
Our impotency without Christ .
The extent of man's depravity

Conversion a ground of thanksulness
20 | The privileges of the godly -

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* The Asterisks denote those subjects that were treated before the L'niversity.

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21 The duty and office of Christian love .

The omuiiscience of God . . .'
The end for which God suffers his people to be

afflicted - - - -

Encouragement to stedfastness in seligious duties
25 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 incstimable privileges of believers · ·
• The importance of living by faith on Christ -
God's treatment of us as branches of the true vinc
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 .. • - - - -
Paul's discourse before Felix . . .
The remedy for those who have lost their

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
40 | The end for which Christ dedicated himself to God

| The circumstances of our Lord's death fore-or-

! cained
48 The brazen serpent a type of Christ - -
49 The difficulty of salvation, a jusi ground of ap-

prehension to thie ungodly - • • •
50 | The great sin of rejecting Christ . . .

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