SERMON VIII. SAVING FAITH THROUGH THE WORD. JOHN, xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through. their word. Page 123 SERMON IX. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHRIST'S PEACE AND THE WORLD'S PEACE. JOHN, xvi. 27. Peace I leave with you; my Peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 142 SERMON X. CONVERSION FROM SIN THE GREAT BLESSING OF THE GOSPEL. ACTs, iii. 26. Unto you first, God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. SERMON XI. ESAU DESPISING HIS BIRTHRIGHT. 156 HEBREWS, xii. 17. For ye know how that afterwards, when he would have inherited the Blessing, he roas rejected: for he found no Place of Repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 175 SERMON XII. THE HUMBLE ENQUIRER AFTER WISDOM JAMES, i. 5, 6. If any of you lack Wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth-to all Men liberally and upbraideth not: and it shall be given him. But let him ask in Faith, nothing wavering. Page 191 SERMON XIII. THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR AND THE DAY OF VENGEANCE. ISAIAH, lxi. 1, 2. in part. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me-to proclaim the Acceptable Year of the Lord, and the Day of Vengeance of our God. SERMON XIV. 207 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN STATED AND ILLUSTRATED. ISAIAH, XXV. 9. And it shall be said in that Day, Lo, this is our God, we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord we have waited for Him: we will be glad and rejoice in His Sal the world upside down, are come hither also: whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Casar, saying, that there is another King, one Jesus. Page 241 SERMON XVI. CONVERTING MERCY A PLEDGE OF PERSEVERING GRACE. ROMANS, V. 10. For if when we were Enemies, we were reconciled to God by the Death of His Son, much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his Life. SERMON XVII. ON THE SIN OF SWEARING. 261 Matthew, v. 35. But I say unto you, Swear not at all. 278 SERMON XVIII. THE BLESSINGS OF REDEMPTION, LUKE, i. 68, 69. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of Salvation for us, in the house of his Servant David. SERMON XIX. 298 A RIGHT STATE OF HEART DESCRIBED AND ENFORCED. ACTS, viii. 21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this Matter: for thy Heart is not right in the Sight of God. 312 xii SERMON XX. IMPORTANCE OF REFLECTING ON OUR NATURAL STATE OF GUILT AND CORRUPTION. ISAIAH, li. 1. Hearken unto me, ye that follow after Righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the Rock whence ye are hewn, and to the Hole of the Pit whence ye are digged, Page 327 SERMON I. THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART. ROMANS, ii. 28, 29. : For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God. THE rite of circumcision was one of the sacraments of the Jewish church, It was appointed by God as the ceremony of admission into that religion. No one was allowed to partake of its ordinances and privileges, till he had first submitted to this rite; and indeed the severest threatenings were denounced on all who should refuse to comply with it. When our Saviour therefore came into the world, being born under the (Jewish) law, he submitted to this divinely-appointed ordinance; because in every thing it became Him "to fulfil all righteous |