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SERMONS-continued.

VII. LITTLE CHILDREN BROUGHT TO CHRIST.

Matth. xix. 13, 14, 15. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them,

and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to

come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And he laid his hands on them

P. 95

VIII. THE HAPPINESS OF HAVING RELIGIOUS PARENTS, AND OTHER PIOUS RELATIVES.

2 Tim. i. v. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother

Lois, and thy mother Unice and I am persuaded that in thee also

p. 102

IX. THE VIRTUE AND BENEFIT OF EARLY PIETY.

1 Kings xviii. 12. But I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth

XIII.-

1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith

X.-A FUTURE STATE PROVEABLE BY REASON.

Psalm lxxxiv. 11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing

will he withhold from them that walk uprightly

p. 111

XI. XIL-THE COSPEL THE TRUE WAY OF SALVATION.

Acts xvi. 31. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy

house

p. 118-126

-THE GOOD EXERCISE OF FAITH..

XIV. THE POWER AND EFFICACY OF CHRIST'S DOCTRINE.

John xv. 5. For without me ye can do nothing

p. 89

P. 106

XV.- -A RECOMMENDATION OF THINGS VIRTUOUS, LOVELY, AND OF GOOD REPORT.

Philip. iv. 8. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things

are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if

there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things

p. 137

P. 126

p. 131

XVI. THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORDS..

Matt. xii. 36, 37. But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof

in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be

condemned

P. 142

XVII. THE DIFFICULTY OF GOVERNING THE TONGUE.

James iii. 2. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able to bridle the whole body, p. 147

XVIII. THE BENEFIT OF FEARING ALWAYS.

Prov. xxviii. 14. Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mis-

chief

P. 152

SERMONS-continued.

XIX. OUR SAVIOUR'S THIRST UPON THE CROSS CONSIDERED AND IMPROVED.

John xix. 28, 29. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be

fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar,

and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth

P. 157

XX. THE GREATNESS OF JESUS IN HIS LAST SUFFERINGS.

John xix. 30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head,

and gave up the ghost
p. 161-175

XXI.-DIVINE TESTIMONIALS GIVEN TO JESUS DURING HIS LAST SUFFERINGS.

Matt. xxvii. 52, 53. And the graves were opened, and many bodies of saints, which slept, arose, and came out

of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many

P. 175

XXII. THE ROMAN SOLDIERS AND THE JEWISH RULERS.

Matt. xxviii. 12, 13. And when they were assembled, with the Elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large

money to the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept

p. 180

XXIII.-THE APOSTLE THOMAS.

John xx. 29. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that

have not seen, and yet have believed

p. 187

XXIV. JESUS THE SON OF MAN.

Luke xvii. 22. And he said unto the disciples, The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days

of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it

p. 192

XXV.

JESUS THE SON OF GOD.

John xx. 17. Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my

God, and your God

P. 197

XXVI. CHRIST'S POVERTY OUR RICHES.

2 Cor. viii. 9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he

became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich

p. 202

XXVII.-CHRIST'S FAREWELL WISH OF PEACE TO HIS DISCIPLES.

John xiv. 27. Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth, give I unto you, p. 207

XXVIII. THE APOSTOLICAL BENEDICTION.

2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy

Ghost, be with you all. Amen

P. 212

XXIX. OF PRAYING IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.

John xvi. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be

full

p. 218

XXX. THE WOMAN THAT ANOINTED JESUS WITH PRECIOUS OINTMENT.

Matt. xxvi. 13. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall

also this that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her

p. 229

XXXI. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN TAKEN BY FORCE.

Matt. xi. 12. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the

violent take it by force

P. 236

SERMONS.-Continued.

XXXII. VIRTUE RECOMMENDED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF WHITE RAIMENT.

Rev. iii. 18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment,

that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear

p. 242

XXXIII. THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS..

1 Tim. iii. 16. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the flesh,

justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up

into glory

P. 248

POSTHUMOUS SERMONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

I. ON THE RIGHT IMPROVEMENT OF TIME.

Eph. v. 16. Redeeming the time, because the days are cvil

II. JESUS MADE A CURSE FOR US.

Gal. iii. 13, 14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written,

Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles

through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith

p. 260

III. THE PROMISE ANNEXED TO GODLINESS.

1 Tim. iv. 8. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things; having promise of

the life that now is, and of that which is to come

p. 267

IV. ON THE SAME SUBJECT AND TEXT.

VI. ON THE SAME SUBJECT AND TEXT

VII. THE MODERATION OF CHRISTIANS TO BE KNOWN TO ALL MEN.

Phil. iv. 5. Let your moderation be known unto all men

P. 253

V.-INTERNAL MARKS OF CREDIBILITY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

2 Peter i. 15, 16. Moreover, I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease, to have these things

always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you

the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, bat were eye-witnesses of his majesty

P. 276

VIII.-ON KEEPING THE HEART.

Prov. iv. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life

TWO SCHEMES OF A TRINITY CONSIDERED, AND THE DIVINE UNITY ASSERTED.

FOUR DISCOURSES UPON PHILIP. II. 5-11.

The Scheme of a Trinity commonly received

II. The Arian Scheme

III. The Nazarean Doctrine

IV. The Text explained according to the Nazarean doctrine, with remarks and observations

2. External Evidence against the Genuineness of these Epistles

3. Internal Evidence to the same purpose, and their Time

4. The author Anonymous

TRACT S

A Vindication of Three of our Blessed Saviour's Miracles, in answer to the Objections of Mr. Woolston, p. 332

A Letter written in the Year 1730, concerning the Question, whether the Logos supplied the place of a

Human Soul in the Person of Jesus Christ

p. 371

The First Postscript, containing an explication of those words, the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, and the

Spirit of God, as used in the Scriptures

The Second Postscript, containing Remarks upon the Third Part of the late Bishop of Clogher's Vindi-

cation of the Histories' of the Old and New Testament

P. 395

p. 423

5. The importance and use of these Epistles

6. Conclusion

A DISSERTATION UPON THE TWO NEW EPISTLES ASCRIBED TO CLEMENT OF ROME.

Sect. 1. Extracts out of these Epistles, for shewing the author's testimony to the Scriptures of the Old

A Letter to the Authors of the Library, &c. containing Observations on 2 Cor. v. 14

Remarks on 1 Cor. xv. 32

Introduction
Chap. I.

II.

III.

An Essay on the Mosaic Account of the Creation and Fall of Man

A Letter to Jonas Hanway, Esq. in which some reasons are assigned against the name, Magdalen

An Inquiry into the Truth of the History of the Seven Brothers said to have suffered Martyrdom in the

time of Antiochus Epiphanes, 2 Macc. vii.

p. 467

p. 308

p. 309

REMARKS UPON THE LATE DR. WARD'S DISSERTATIONS UPON SEVERAL PASSAGES OF

THE SACRED SCRIPTURES.

P. 312

p. 317

p. 326

A Letter to the Author of Remarks upon the Inquiry into the Truth of the History of the Seven Brothers

in the Maccabees

A Letter upon the Personality of the Spirit

p. 470

p. 473

p. 475

The case of the Dæmoniac who resided among the tombs on the coast of Gadara.

Dissert. xxi.

ib.

Who those Greeks were who desired to see Jesus; and whether they were admitted? John xii.

20, 21. Dissert. xxviii.

p. 480

How to reconcile St. John's account concerning the time of our Saviour's Crucifixion with

that of the other Evangelists. Dissert. xxxii.

p. 482

Chap. IV.

ས.

The manner of embalming dead bodies among the Jews, and particularly that of our Saviour
Dissert. xxxv.

Whom are we to understand by the Grecians and Hebrews, mentioned Acts vi. 1.

The term Holy Ghost, in the New Testament, denotes both a person and a power.
Dissert. xxxviii.

VII. To whom the apostolic decree, Acts xv. was directed; and whether it was perpetual.

Dissert. xlii.

p. 493

Sect. 1. An introduction

P. 494

ib.

2. The Noachic precepts, with observations upon them

ib.

3. To whom the apostolic decree was directed, and that there was but one sort of Jewish

proselytes

INDEXES.

4. General observations, shewing the occasion and design of the apostolic decree

p. 498

5. The several articles of the decree explained

6. Observations in the manner of corollary. Where is shewn the fault of St Peter, and St. Paul

Chap. VIII. Whether St. Paul did really blame St. Peter for his conduct, mentioned Gal. ii. Dissert. 1. p. 519

IX. What is the meaning of St. Paul's expression, You see how large a letter I have written unto

you with my own hand. Gal. vi. 11. Dissert. li.

p. 521

Observations upon Dr. Macknight's Harmony of the Four Gospels, as far as relates to the History of our

Saviour's Resurrection; in a Letter to the Author

p. 522

I. Greek Words Explained

II. Various Readings of Texts in the New Testament

III. Texts of Scripture Explained

Texts of Sermons in the Fifth Volume

IV. Authors, Sects, and Writings, whose History is written, and from which Extracts are made

An Alphabetical Table of Principal Matters

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