EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED,

IN A

SERIES OF SERMONS;

BY

TIMOTHY DWIGHT, S. T. D. LL. D.

LATE PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE.

WITH A

MEMOIR

OF

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

FOURTH EDITION.

VOL. IV.

NEW-HAVEN;

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY S. CONVERSE.

STEREOTYPED BY A. CHANDLER.

1825.

CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

SERMON CXXXII. The Tenth Commandment. Ambition.-Rom. xii. 16.

SERMON CXXXIII. Man's Inability to obey the Law of God.-Rom. viii. 7.

SERMON CXXXIV. Faith and Repentance necessary to restore us to Obe-

dience. Acts xx. 20, 21.

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SERMON CXXXV. The Means of Grace. The Ordinary Means of Grace.

Proofs that there are such Means.-1 Cor. iv. 15.

SERMON CXXXVI. The Ordinary Means of Grace. What they are; and

what is their Influence.-1 Cor. iv. 15.

49

SERMON CXXXVII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Objections an-

swered.-1 Cor. iv. 15.

60

SERMON CXXXVIII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Hearing the Word

of God.-Luke viii. 18.

SERMON CXXXIX. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Nature, Seasons,

and Obligations of Prayer.-1 Thess. v. 17.

SERMON CXL. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Usefulness of Prayer

to Individuals.-1 Thess. v. 17.

SERMON CXLI. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Usefulness of Prayer

to Families.-Eph. vi. 10.

SERMON CXLII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Usefulness of Prayer

to Communities.-Psalm lxxiii. 28.

SERMON CXLIII. The Ordinary Means of Grace.

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122

The Objections to

Prayer considered.-Job xxi. 15.

134

SERMON CXLIV. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Forms of Prayer.-

Matt. vi. 9-13.

144

SERMON CXLV. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Intercourse with Reli-

gious Men.-Prov. xiii. 20.

157

SERMON CXLVI. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Religious Meditation.---

Prov. iv. 26.

SERMON CXLVII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Duty of Educating

Children religiously. Objections.—Prov. xxii. 6.

SERMON CXLVIII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Manner in which

Religious Education is to be conducted. Motives to this Duty.—Prov.

xxii. 6.

SERMON CXLIX. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Character of

Members of the Church.-2 Cor. vi. 14.

SERMON CL. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Officers of the Church.

Ministers of the Gospel. Who are Ministers.-1 Pet. v. 1-3.

SERMON CLI. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Officers of the Church.

Ministers of the Gospel. Who are Ministers.-1 Pet. v. 1-3.

SERMON CLII. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The End, Nature,

and Subjects of Preaching.-Matth. xxviii. 19.

SERMON CLIII. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Manner of

Preaching-Matth. xxviii. 19.

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SERMON CLIV. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Various duties of

Ministers.-1 Thess. iii. 2.

SERMON CLV. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Officers of the

Church. Deacons.-Acts vi. 1-6.

SERMON CLVI. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Ordinances of

the Church. Baptism. Its Reality and Intention.-Matth. xxviii. 19.

SERMON CLVII. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Objections

against Infant Baptism answered.—Matth. xxviii. 19.

SERMON CLVIII. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Direct Arguments

for Infant Baptism.-Matth. xxviii. 19.

SERMON CLIX. The Extraordinary Means of Grace.

Children of Believers, proper subjects of Baptism.

tration.-Acts ii. 38, 39.

No Infants but the

Mode of Adminis-

SERMON CLX. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Lord's Supper;

Its Nature and Design. The Qualifications of Communicants.-Mark

xiv. 22-25.

SERMON CLXI. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Lord's Supper.

Disposition with which it is to be attended; and Motives to the Attend-

ance.-Mark xiv. 22-25.

SERMON CLXII. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Discipline of

the Church.-Matth. xviii. 15-18.

SERMON CLXIII. Death.-Ps. xc. 3.

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SERMON CLXIV. The immediate Consequences of Death.-Eccl. xii. 7.

SERMON CLXV. The Remoter Consequences of Death. The Resurrec-

tion.-1 Cor. xv. 16.

SERMON CLXVI. The Remoter Consequences of Death. The Final

Judgment.-2 Pet. iii. 10.

SERMON CLXVII. The Remoter Consequences of Death. The Punishment

of the Wicked. Its duration.-Matth. xxv. 46.

SERMON CLXVIII. The Remoter Consequences of Death. The Punish-

ment of the Wicked. Its Nature.-2 Pet. ii. 12.

SERMON CLXIX. The Remoter Consequences of Death. The Rewards of

the Righteous. The New Creation.-2 Pet. iii. 13.

SERMON CLXX. The Remoter Consequences of Death. The Happiness

of Heaven.-Rev. xxi. 1-3.

SERMON CLXXI. The Remoter Consequences of Death. The Happiness

of Heaven.-Rev. xxi. 1-3.

SERMON CLXXII. Conclusion.

General Remarks.-Prov. viii. 6.

SERMON CLXXIII. Conclusion. General Remarks.-Prov. viii. 6.

Index.