SERMON V.

THE HEARTS of SINNERS CONTROL THEIR UNDERSTAND-

INGS.

ROMANS i, 21.-" And their foolish heart was darkened."

SERMON VI.

THE NECESSITY OF REGENERATION.

JOHN iii, 7.-" Ye must be born again.”

SERMON VIL

THE OBLIGATIONS OF SINNERS TO LOVE GOD.

DEUTERONOMY, vi. 5.—“ And thou shalt love the Lord thy

God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with

all thy might."

SERMON VIII.

THE INABILITY OF SINNERS VOLUNTARY.

ISAIAH Xlii, 18.-" Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that

ye may see."

SERMON IX.

WHAT IT IS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.

ACTS xiv, 7.-" And there they preached the gospel."

SERMON X.

THE HOPES OF SINNERS END WITH THE PRESENT LIFE.

LUKE XVI, 25.-" Son, remember that thou in thy life time

receivedst thy good things."

SERMON XI.

ON QUENCHING THE SPIRIT.

1. THESSALONIANS V. 19.-"Quench not the Spirit.”

SERMON XII.

THE FEELINGS OF PENITENT SINNERS.

LUKE Xviii, 13.-" God be merciful to me a sinner."

SERMON XIII.

THE CHARACTER AND END OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE

WICKED.

ISAIAH iii, 10, 11.-" Say ye to the righteous, that it shall

be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their

doings. Wo unto the wicked, it shall be ill with him;

for the reward of his hands shall be given him.”

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SERMON XIV.

THE

HE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL CRIMINAL, IRRATIONAL,

AND DANGEROUS.

"We will hear thee again of this matter." 241 ·

SERMON XV.

MINISTERS CANNOT PREACH SO AS TO PLEASE BOTH GOD

AND SINNERS.

MATTHEW Xi, 16, 17, 18, 19.-" But whereunto shall I

liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in

the markets, and calling to their fellows, and saying—

We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we

have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. For

John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,

he hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drink-

ing, and they say, behold, a man gluttonous, and a wine

bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.”

SERMON XVI.

THE ABUSE OF DIVINE GOODNESS AN EVIDENCE of hu-

MAN DEPRAVITY.

MICAH VI, 3.-"O my people, what have I done unto thee?

And wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

SERMON XVII.

THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW IS SIN.

1. JOHN iii, 4. (last clause.)" For sin is the transgres-

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SERMON XVIII.

LOVE FOR THE DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL, EVIDENCE OF
LOVE TO GOD.

JOHN viii, 47. He that is of God, heareth God's words;
ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God." 313

SERMON XIX.

THE BIBLE A SURE INSTRUMENT IN

ACCOMPLISHING THE

END FOR WHICH IT WAS GIVEN.

ISAIAH IV, 11.—" So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the things whereto I sent it."

SERMON XX.

CHRISTIANS BOUND TO SEEK THE GOOD OF OTHERS. PHILIPPIANS ii, 4.-" Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."

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