CONTENTS.

SERMON IX.

THE PRINCIPLES OF LOVE.

"Keep yourselves in the love of God."-JUDE 21.

SERMON X.

GRATITUDE NOT A SORDID AFFECTION.

"We love him because he first loved us."-1 JOHN iv.
19.

SERMON XI.

THE AFFECTION OF MORAL ESTEEM TOWARDS GOD.

"One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek af-

ter; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the

days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and

to inquire in his temple."-PSALM xxvii. 4.

SERMON XII.

THE EMPTINESS OF NATURAL VIRTUE.

"But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in

you."-JOHN v. 42.

SERMON XIII.

THE NATURAL ENMITY OF THE MIND AGAINST GOD.

"The carnal mind is enmity against God."-ROM. viii. 7.

3

15

40

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SERMON XIV.

THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL TO DISSOLVE THE ENMITY OF

THE HUMAN HEART AGAINST GOD.

"Having slain the enmity thereby."—EPHES. ii. 16.

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