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CONTENTS.

LECTURE XXXVII.

1HE CESSATION OF WAR, AN EFFECT OF THE PREVALENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.

(PART I.)

ISAIAH ii 4; MICAH iv. 3. They shall beat their swords into

ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall

not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any

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LECTURE XXXVIII.

THE CESSATION OF WAR, AN EFFECT OF THE PREVALENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.

(PART II.)

ISAIAH ii. 4. They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and

their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword

against nation, neither shall they learn war any more

LECTURE XXXIX.

THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF DANIEL.

DANIEL vi. 28. So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius,

and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian

LECTURE XL.

THE THREE JEWS IN BABYLON.

DANIEL iii. Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold,

whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six

cubits he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of

Babylon, &c.

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LECTURE XLI.

BENEFI JIAL CO-OPERATION OF ALL THINGS FOR THE CHRISTIAN.

ROMANS Viii. 28. We know that all things work together for good

to them that love God, to them who are the called according to

his purpose

LECTURE XLII.

ACCESS TO GOD.

HEBREWS xi. 6. He that cometh to God must believe that he is,

and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

LECTURE XLIII.

SIN MANIFESTED BY THE LAW.

ROMANS vii. 13. That sin by the commandment might become

exceeding sinful

LECTURE XLIV.

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NOAH AND THE DELUGE.

HEBREWS xi. 7. By, faith Noah, being warned of God of things not

seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his

house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of

the righteousness which is by faith

LECTURE XLV.

CHRIST, THOUGH INVISIBLE, THE OBJECT OF DEVOUT AFFECTION.

1 PETER i. 8. Whom having not seen ye love; in whom though

now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable

and full of glory

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LECTURE XLVI.

THE APOSTOLIC ALTERNATIVE.

PHILIPPIANS i. 21. To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain

LECTURE XLVII.

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THE AUTUMN AND ITS MORAL ANALOGIES.

ISAIAH ixiv. 6. We all do fade as a leaf

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LECTURE XLVIII.

PETER'S DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON.

ACTS xii. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his

hand to vex certain of the church, &c.

LECTURE XLIX.

THE POWERS OF THE WORLD TO COME.

HEBREWS vi. 5. The powers of the world to come

LECTURE L.

PERSEVERANCE IN PRAYER.

LUKE xviii. 1. And he spake a parable unto them, to this end, that

men ought always to pray, and not to faint

LECTURE LI.

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EXODUS Xviii. 17. They asked each other of their welfare

LECTURE LIV.

THE MEMORY OF THE JUST.

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PROVERBS X. 7. The memory of the just is blessed

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LECTURE LV.

THE CONSIDERATION OF DEATH.

DEUTERONOMY xxxii. 29. O that they would consider their latter

LECTURE LVI.

PRACTICAL ATHEISM.

EPHESIANS ii. 12. Without God in the world

LECTURE LVII.

MAN'S DEVICES AND GOD'S COUNSEL.

PROVERBS XIX. 21. There are many devices in a man's heart,

nevertheless, the counsel of the Lord, it shall stand

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LECTURE LVIII.

CHRIST WALKING ON THE SEA.

MATTHEW XIV. 22-33; MARK vi. 45-56. And straightway Jesus

constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him

unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away,

&c..

LECTURE LIX.

ROBBERY OF GOD.

MALACHI iii. 8. Will a man rob God?

LECTURE LX.

THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS.

ZECHARIAH iv. 10. Who hath despised the day of small things?

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LECTURE LXI.

ON CONTEMPT FOR SMALL BEGINNINGS.

[A DISCOURSE PREACHED ON BEHALF OF THE SERAMPORE MISSION.]

ZECHARIAH iv. 10. Who hath despised the day of small things! . 269

LECTURE LXII.

AGAINST WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.

GALATIANS VI. 9. Let us not be weary in well-doing for in due

season we shall reap, if we faint not

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