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SERMON XII.-GAIN NOT GODLINESS.
PERVERSE DISPUTINGS OF MEN OF CORRUPT MINDS, AND DESTITUTE OF THE TRUTH, SUP-
POSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS. FROM SUCH WITHDRAW THYSELF.-1 TIM. VI. 5. . 169
SERMON XIII.—THE JOY OF A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.
FOR OUR REJOICING IS THIS, THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE, THAT IN SIMPLICITY
AND GODLY SINCERITY, NOT WITH FLESHLY WISDOM, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
WE HAVE HAD OUR CONVERSATION IN THE WORLD.-2 COR., I. 12..
PART V.
THE REVEALED CHARACTER OF GOD.
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SERMON XIV. - AFFECTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE MORAL PER-
FECTION OF THE DEITY.
FOR GOD IS LOVE.—1 JOHN, IV. 8. .
SERMON XV.—THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
THOU ART GOOD, AND DOEST GOOD. PSALM CXIX. 68. . .
SERMON XVI.-THE MORAL RECTITUDE OF GOD.
THAT BE FAR FROM THEE TO DO AFTER THIS MANNER, TO SLAY THE RIGHTEOUS WITH
THE WICKED, AND THAT THE RIGHTEOUS SHOULD BE AS THE WICKED; THAT BE
FAR FROM THEE. SHALL NOT THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH DO RIGHT?-GENESIS
XVIII. 25.
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SERMON XVII.-THE VINDICTIVE JUSTICE OF GOD.
AND SAMUEL HEWED AGAG IN PIECES BEFORE THE LORD IN GILGAL. SAMUEL, XV. 33.. 234
SERMON XVIII. -THE GLORY OF GOD ILLUSTRATED.
AND HE SAID, I BESEECH THEE, SHOW ME THY GLORY. AND HE SAID, I WILL MAKE ALL
MY GOODNESS PASS BEFORE THEE.- EXODUS, XXXIII. 18, 19..
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PART VI.
DECREES OF GOD.
SERMON XIX. — FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
KNOWN UNTO GOD ARE ALL HIS WORKS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD. ACTS,
XV. 18.
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ESSAY XX.-THE DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE DECREES THE
FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE OF THE GOSPEL.
DOCTRINE OF DECREES FUNDAMENTAL..
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SERMON XXI.-THE REVEALED WILL OF GOD THE ONLY RULE
OF DUTY.
THE SECRET THINGS BELONG UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD; BUT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE
REVEALED BELONG UNTO US AND TO OUR CHILDREN FOR EVER, THAT WE MAY DO
ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW. DEUT. XXIX. 29..
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SERMON XXII.- THE NATURAL AND MORAL POWER OF MEN IN
RESPECT TO THE DIVINE DECREES.
PAUL SAID TO THE CENTURION AND TO THE SOLDIERS, EXCEPT THESE ABIDE IN THE
SHIP YE CANNOT BE SAVED. — ACTS, XXVII. 31.
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SERMON XXIII.- ELECTION.
FOR I HAVE MUCH PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. ACTS, XVIII. 10. .
SERMON XXIV.- REPROBATION.
AND IN VERY DEED, FOR THIS CAUSE HAVE I RAISED THEE UP.-EXODUS, ix. 16.
PART VII.
DIVINE AND HUMAN AGENCY.
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SERMON XXV. - MAN'S ACTIVITY AND DEPENDENCE ILLUS-
TRATED AND RECONCILED.
WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING. FOR IT IS GOD WHICH
WORKETH IN YOU, BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE. PHIL. II. 12, 13. . 339
SERMON XXVI.-MAN'S ACTIVITY AND DEPENDENCE ILLUS-
WORKETH IN YOU, BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE.PHIL. II. 12, 13.. 350
SERMON XXVII.-HUMAN AND DIVINE AGENCY INSEPARABLY
CONNECTED.
NOW THEREFORE BE NOT GRIEVED, NOR ANGRY WITH YOURSELVES, THAT YE SOLD ME
HITHER; FOR GOD DID SEND ME BEFORE YOU TO PRESERVE LIFE. GEN. XLV. 5. . .363
SERMON XXVIII.-THE AGENCY OF GOD UNIVERSAL.
I, THE LORD, DO ALL THESE THINGS. ISAIAH, XLV. 7.
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SERMON XXIX.-SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN THE FORMATION
OF MAN.
NAY BUT, O MAN, WHO ART THOU THAT REPLIEST AGAINST GOD? SHALL THE THING
FORMED SAY TO HIM THAT FORMED IT, WHY HAST THOU MADE ME THUS? — ROM. IX. 20. . 390
SERMON XXX.-PARTICULAR PROVIDENCE.
WHEREFORE IF GOD SO CLOTHE THE GRASS OF THE FIELD, WHICH TO-DAY IS, AND TO-
MORROW IS CAST INTO THE OVEN, SHALL HE NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU, O YE OF
LITTLE FAITH? - MATT. vi. 30.
PART VIII.
ANGELS.
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SERMON XXXI.—THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANGELS IN THIS WORLD.
ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS, SENT FORTH TO MINISTER FOR THEM WHO
SHALL BE HEIRS OF SALVATION? - HEBREWS, I. 4. . . .
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SERMON XXXII.—THE SCRIPTURAL ACCOUNT OF THE DEVIL
OUGHT TO BE BELIEVED.
BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL, AS A ROARING LION,
WALKETH ABOUT SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.-1 PETER, v. 8..
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PART IX.
ORIGINAL STATE OF MAN.
SERMON XXXIII.-THE PRIMITIVE RECTITUDE OF ADAM.
LO, THIS ONLY HAVE I FOUND, THAT GOD HATH MADE MAN UPRIGHT.- ECCL. VII. 29. . . 447
PART X.
APOSTACY OF MAN.
SERMON XXXIV. - THE LAW OF PARADISE.
BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL THOU SHALT NOT EAT OF IT;
FOR IN THE DAY THAT THOU EATEST THEREOF THOU SHALT SURELY DIE.—GEN. II. 17. . 461
SERMON XXXV.-ORIGINAL SIN.
BY ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE MANY WERE MADE SINNERS. ROMANS, V. 19.
PART XI.
THE PRESENT STATE OF MAN.
SERMON XXXVI.-NATIVE DEPRAVITY.
AND WAS CALLED A TRANSGRESSOR FROM THE WOMB. ISAIAH, XLVIII. 8.
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SERMON XXXVII.-THE NATURE, EXTENT AND INFLUENCE OF
THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF SINNERS.
BECAUSE THE CARNAL MIND IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD; FOR IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE
LAW OF GOD, NEITHER INDEED CAN BE. SO THEN THEY THAT ARE IN THE FLESH
CANNOT PLEASE GOD. ROMANS, VIII. 7. 8.
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SERMON XXXVIII.- NATURE OF SIN.
FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.-1 JOHN, III. 4.
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SERMON XXXIX.-SELFISHNESS THE ESSENCE OF MORAL
DEPRAVITY.
FOR IF YE LOVE THEM WHICH LOVE YOU, WHAT THANK HAVE YE? FOR SINNERS ALSO LOVE
THOSE THAT LOVE THEM.-LUKE, VI. 32. .
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SERMON XL.-THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HUMAN HEART.
THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN
KNOW IT? JEREMIAH, XVII. 9...
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SERMON XLI.-THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.
THERE IS A SIN UNTO DEATH.-1 JOHN, v. 16.
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PART XII.
THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST.
SERMON XLII.-THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST TO HIS OWN
DIVINITY.
BECAUSE THAT THOU, BEING A MAN, MAKEST THYSELF GOD. JOHN, X. 33.
SERMON XLIII.-THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST.
AND JESUS INCREASED IN WISDOM AND STATURE, AND IN FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN.-
LUKE, II. 52.
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