CHRISTIAN MONITOR : A RELIGIOUS PERIODICAL WORK. BY "A SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWL EDGE, PIETY, AND CHARITY." By, John Foster, VOL. II. BOSTON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MUNROE & FRANCIS. 1806. TE CONTENTS OF NO. III. SERMON I. On the importance and utility of religious means, in general. Page. 3 PROVERBS ii. 4, 5... If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasure; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. SERMON II. On religious consideration. 33 PSALM cxix. 59, 60...I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. On Prayer. SERMON III. 56 JOB xxi. 15... What profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? SERMON IV. On the religious observance of the sabbath. 81 MARK ii. 27... The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. SERMON V.. On publick worship. 105 JOHN XX. 24... But Thomas, one of the twelve, called i SERMON VI. On hearing the word. Page. 127 JAMES i. 21... Wherefore, lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. SERMON VII. 153 On reading the holy scriptures. JOHN V. 39... Search the scriptures. SERMON VIII. On religious conversation. 174 1 EPHESIANS iv. 29... Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. ERRATA. Page 14, line 10 from top, for enure, read inure. P. 17, 1. 8 from bot. for acellerate, read accelerate. P. 18, 1: 10 from bot. for chistendom, read christendom. P. 26, 1. 5 from bot. for serve, read save P. 28, 1. 11 from top, before inquiries, insert these. P. 33, 1. 9 from bot. for to, read with. P. 38, 1. 10 from top, for incontestible, read incontestable. P. 40, 1. 6 from bot. erase the. P. 48, 1. 5 from top, for this, read their. P. 54, 1. 8 from top, for the, read theo-. P. 54, 1. 21, for irradicate, read eradicate. P. 68, 1.3 from top, for ebulitions, read ebullitions. P. 93, 1.7 from top, for Revelations, read Revelation. P. 116, 1. 12 from bot. for his, read the. P. 122, 1. 6 from bot, for encitement, read incitement. P. 133, 1. 8 from bottom for profess read possess. P. 173, 1. 6 from top, for institutions, read instructions. Beside the preceding, several minor errours of the press escaped attenHon, in the hurry of printing: but as they are of a nature to be easily discovered by the attentive eye, and as easily corrected and pardoned, they are not partieularly specified. |