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SERMON XVIII.
Last Judgment.

Revelations xx. 11, 12, 13. "And I saw a great white
throne and him that sat on it; from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found
no place for them. And I saw the dead small and
great stand before God, and the books were opened;
and another book was opened which was the book of
life, and the dead were judged out of those things which
were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in
them; and they were judged every man according to
their works."

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SERMON I.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.

EPHESIANS vi. 4.

"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."

WHEN in any churches where pure religion has once flourished, we behold corrupt manners and licentious sentiments, a diminution in the zeal and number of the disciples of Jesus, and an augmentation of the votaries of vanity and sin; we shall generally find that this lamentable degeneracy has been caused in a great degree by a neglect of christian education. If in such places we would wish to restore the holiness and fervour of former times, perhaps no single mean can be employed, that is so efficacious, as a strict and faithful regard to this duty.

A subject of such consequence deserves our serious consideration. Favour us then with your attention while we enquire,

I. What is implied in a christian education; and

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