gether, he dwelt among us full of grace and truth, 222. The

glory of the Word which the apostles beheld consisted in

four things: 1. a visible splendour and brightness which

encompassed him at his baptism and transfiguration, 229.

2. those great and stupendous miracles which he wrought,

233. 3. the surpassing excellency and divinity of his doc-

trine, 236. 4. the incomparable sanctity and purity of his

life, 238. This expression, The glory as of the only begotten

Son, explained, 241. That the glory of Christ in the taber-

nacle of our natures, was such as became the only begotten

Son of the Father, proved in the several particulars wherein

it consists, 242. Four inferences from this fourfold glory of

the Word, which the apostles saw, 252.

DISCOURSE XXV.

Of the authority of the holy scriptures.

John v. 39. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye

have eternal life.

The fulness of the scriptures, as a rule of faith and man-

ners, proved in three propositions: 1. that the Holy Spirit

inspired the writers of them with all that is necessary to eter-

nal life, 271. 2. that they preached to the world all those

necessaries which they were taught, 272. 3. that all those

necessary truths which they preached are comprehended in

the scriptures, 274. The clearness of the scripture proved,

1. from express testimony of scripture, 288. 2. from the

avowed design of writing it, 293. 3. from the frequent

commands God lays upon us to read it, 295. 4. from the

obligation that lies upon us, under pain of damnation, to be-

lieve and receive all those necessaries to salvation contained

in it, 297. Four considerations in answer to those of the

church of Rome, who tell us, that though all things are not

revealed clearly in the scriptures, yet we have sufficient rea-

son to believe them, since God has left us to the conduct of

an infallible church, 298.

DISCOURSE XXVI.

Of the obligation of the people to read the scriptures.

John v. 39. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye

have eternal life.

That the people are obliged to search and read the scrip-

tures proved, 1. from the obligation the Jews were under

to read and search the scriptures of the Old Testament, 314.

2. from our Saviour and his apostles' approbation of this

practice of the Jews, 316. 3. from the great design and

intention of writing the scriptures, 317. 4. from the di-

rections of these holy writings to the people, 320. 5. from

the great concernment the people have in the matters con-

tained in the scripture, 323. 6. from the universal sense of

the primitive church in this matter, 327. An answer to that

objection of the church of Rome, That a general permission

of the scriptures to the people must necessarily open a wide

door to errors and heresies, 332. Another objection, That

it will prove an unavoidable occasion of great corruptions in

manners, answered, 339. Two inferences from the whole,

344.

DISCOURSE XXVII.

A dissuasive from apostasy.

1 Tim. i. 19. Holding faith, and a good conscience; which

some having put away concerning faith have made ship-

wreck.

An explication of the words of the text, 357. The gene-

ral proposition, 361. Six instances of the mighty tendencies

there are in a vicious course of life to error and apostasy

from true religion: as, 1. it corrupts men's reason and un-

derstanding, 362. 2. it renders the principles of true reli-

gion uneasy to their minds, 364. 3. it deprives men of the

greatest encouragements to constancy and steadiness in reli-

gion, 366. 4. it weakens the natural force of men's con-

sciences, 368. 5. it strengthens and enforces the temptations

to apostasy, 371. 6. it provokes God to give us up to the

power of delusion, 374. Two inferences from the whole, 377.

A Sermon preached at the Funeral of the reverend John Scott, D. D.

Phil. iii. 20, 21. Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. P. 407.

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