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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
more
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LECTURE XXXVIII.
EFFECT
(PART II.)
THE CESSATION OF WAR, AN EFFECT OF THE PREVALENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.
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.
BENEFICIAL 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.
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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.
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.
THE LOVE OF MONEY.
1 TIMOTHY Vi. 10. The love of money is the root of all evil
LECTURE LII.
GOD NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.
ACTS x. 34. God is no respecter of persons
LECTURE LIII.
THE MEETING OF FRIENDS.
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
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?
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LECTURE LX.
THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS.
ZECHARIAH iv. 10. Who hath despised the day of small things?
LECTURE LXI.
ON CONTEMPT FOR SMALL BEGINNINGS.
[A DISCOURSE PREACHED ON BEHALF OF THE SERAMPORE MISSION.]
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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