SERMON XXXII. Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a 99 SERMON XXXIV. The Creed put into Practice. deny him; being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good 133 The Creed put into Practice. 157 The Creed put into Practice. witnesles. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and 181 SERMON XXXVII.. The First and Great Command; or, the Love of God. thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none and to SERMON XXXVIII. thy Neighbour as Thyself. 223 Of Holiness, without which no Man must see the Lord. The Resurrection; or, the Reward of Holiness. LUKE XX. 34, 35, 36. Jefus answering, said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the Angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the Resurrection. 265 The Duty of improving the Talents committed to Luke xii. 48. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be The Great Danger of not knowing the Day of LUKE xix. 41, 42, 43, 44. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it; saying, If thou hadît known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days fhall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every fide; and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest The Danger of Living in any Known Sin. ROMANS I. 28. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. The Example of the Jews a Warning to Christians. I Cor. x. II. Now all these things happened unto them for ensam- ples: and they are written for our admonition. The Repentance of Sinners matter of Joy in Heaven. LUKE XV. 7, 10. I say unto you, That likewise joy shall be in Hea- ven over one finner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance. Likewise I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over one finner The Design of God's Judgments. MATTHEW vi. 2. Give us this Day our daily Bread. The Folly of undertaking any Business of Moment without Regard to the Will and Honour of God. Proverbs xxi. 30. There is no Wisdom, nor Understanding, nor The Suppression of Vice and Impiety, the Duty of GEN. vi. 1, 2, 3,7. And it came to pass, when men began to mul- tiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair: and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man.--And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of Man; for the Judg- SERMON XXVI. THE NECESSITY OF COMING TO SOME CER- O Holy Spirit of Grace! I implore thy affistance, that I may speak upon this important subject, so as to be understood, so as to touch the heart, so as to edify those that shall hear me. And grant th I may never forget to try and examine my own faith by those marks which I propose to others; and that I may be an example in faith and life; for Jesus Chrift's fake. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. EXAMINE YOURSELVES, WHETHER YE BE IN THE FAITH;* Y Christian brethren! I am going to lay before you the absolute necessity, as we hope for heaven, of coming to some certainty whether we are in the way of salvation or not. Every body must own, that it is a matter of great concern for a man to know whether his faith be such as it should be, such as will > 3 See Matth. vii. 20, 21. John xiv. 1, 6. Acts xxiii. 1. Rom. vui. 6. 2 Cor. V. 7. Gal. vi. 3, 4. Phil. i. 27. 2. Tim. ii. 19. John iii. 21. VOL. II. B please |
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