The Sermons, and Other Practical Works

THE

SERMONS,

AND OTHER

PRACTICAL WORKS,

OF THE

REVEREND 'AND LEARNED

RALPH ERSKINE, A. M.

MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN DUNFERMLINE.

CONSISTING OF

ABOVE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SERMONS,

BESIDES

POETICAL PIECES.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND WRITINGS.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

London:

PRINTED FOR R. BAYNĖS, 25, JOY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1821.

CONTENTS.

SERMON XVIII.

Preventing Love; or, God's Love to us, the Cause of

our love to him,

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1 JOHN iv. 19.-We love him, because he first loved usi

After an introduction to an analization and explication of the words,
and their sense given in a doctrinal observation, the following to-
pics are discoursed, viz.

1. God's love to his people evinced,

2. The saint's love to God opened,

3. The influence his love hath upon ours, as the cause of it, illus-

trated,

4. The application of the whole in sundry uses,

SERMON XIX.

The Militant's Song; or, the Believer's Exercise while

here below,

PSALM ci. 1.-I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O

Lord, will I sing.

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Here, after an introduction unto the subject, and an analization of
the text, four general topics are handled, viz.

1.. What mercies the people of God meet with, and what is in these

that afford matter of a song,

2. What judgments the people of God meet with, and what it is in

them that may be matter of a song of praise,

8. What this singing imports; and how we are to sing of mercy and

judgment,

4. The reasons why it is so ordered by the Lord, that his people

should have ground to sing both of mercy and judgment,

5. The application of the whole, in a variety of inferences,

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SERMON XX.

The Harmony of the Divine Attributes Displayed, in

the Redemption and Salvation of Sinners, by Jesus

Christ,

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PSALM 1xxxv. 10.-Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness

and peace have kissed each other.

After the introduction and explanation of the words, four general
beads of method are prosecuted, viz.

1. Who are members of the meeting; or, what are these attributes

of God which do harmoniously conspire together, proposing their

various claims,

2. When and where these parties did meet together,

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3. How, and after what manner, they meet together and kiss each

other,

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4. Why, or for what reasons, they have met together, and embraced

each other,

5. The application of the subject, in sundry inferences,

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Carnal Consultation Unfolded; or, the great Evil of

being actuated, by Carnal Principles, in the Matters

of God, evinced,

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GAL. i. 16. Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.

The connexion being traced, the scope of the apostle consulted, his
principal intention viewed, the words themselves considered, seve-
ral propositions natively deduced from them, a comprehensive one
laid down for prosecution, the following general heads are illus-
trated, viz.

1. What is to be understood by flesh and blood, and conferring

therewith,