THE

SERMONS,

AND OTHER

PRACTICAL WORKS,

Of the Late REVEREND and LEARNED

MR. RALPH ERSKINE, A. M.

Minifter of the Gofpel in DUNFERMLINE.

CONSISTING O F

Above One Hundred and Fifty SERMONS.
befides his POETICAL PIECES.

IN TEN LARGE VOLUMES OCTAVO.

To which is prefixed,

An ACCOUNT of the AUTHOR'S LIFE and WRITINGS,
with an ELEGIAC POEM, and large CONTENTS.

We preach Chrift Jefus the Lord, 2 Cor. iv. 5.

VOL. VIII.

FALKIRK;

PRINTED BY PATRICK MAIR,

For HUGH MITCHELL, Bookfeller, PETER MUIRHEAD,Merchant,
and the Revd. JOHN STEWART, the Publishers.

M.DCC.XCVI.
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Rɛv. ii. 10. — Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee

a crown of life.

The words being viewed both in themselves, and their connection,
accurately analized, and copioufly explained, and a doctrinal propofi-
tion deduced as expreffing their meaning, the following general
topics of difcourfe are propofed, viz.

1. To explain and illuftrate the propofition,

2. To confirm the truth of the doctrine,

3. To make application of the subject,

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SERMON CXXVIII.

The Builder's Armour; or, the Work and Warfare

of Spiritual Builders,

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NEH. iv. 18. For the builders, every one had his fword girded by

his fide, and fo builded.

The scope and connection of the words being confidered, their spiritual
fignification ascertained, and a doctrinal obfervation propounded,
the following general heads of method are propofed, viz.

1. To fpeak a little of the builders,

2. To difcourfe fomewhat concerning the fpiritual foldiers,

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3. To affign fome reasons why spiritual builders need alfo to be fpiri-

tual foldiers, ftill ready for war,

4. To deduce fome inferences for the application,

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