SERMON XXVI.

The ways of religion are pleasant.

Prov. iii. 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all

her paths are peace.

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SERMON XXVII.

Faith firuggling with difficulties.

Niati. xv. from the 21st to the 28th verse inclufive. Then

Jesus went thence and departed into the coasts of Tyre

and Sidon. And behold a woman of Canaan came

out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, faying,

Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David, my

daughter is grie vously vexed with a devil. But he an-

swered her not a word. And his disciples came and

besought him saying, send her away for the crieth after

But he answered and said, I am not fent, but unto

the loft sheep of the house of Israel. Then came the

and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he

answered and said, it is not meet to take the children's

bread and cast it unto dogs. And she said, truth, Lord,

yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fail from their

master's table. Then Jerus answered and said unto

her, O woman, great is thy faith ; be it unto thee even

as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole,

from that very hour.

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SERMON XXVIII.

The advantages and some of the properties of faith.

Matt. xv. 28. Then Jesus answered and said unto her,

O woman, great is thy faith.

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SERMON XXIX.

The way of salvation eafy.

John i. 9. If we confess our fins, he is faithful and

just to forgive us our Gins.

321

SERMON XXX.

The favours and patronage of God, the support of man in affic.

tions.

Psalms xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength, a very

present help in trouble.

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SERMON XXXI.

The covenant of grace' ratified and confirmed by the blood of

Chrift.

Luke xxii. 12. This cup is the new teftament in my

blood, which is fhed for you.

345

SERMON XXXII.

The nature of fainting in aflictions and cautions against it.

Heb. xii. 5. Nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.

357

SERMON XXXIII.

How death is the wages of fin.

Rom. vi. 23. For the wages of lin is death.

369

SERMON XXXIV.

Eternal life the freelt gift imaginable.

Rom. vi. 23. But the gift of God is eternal life through

- Jesus Christ our Lord.

SERMON XXXF.

Death wearing a fiing.

1. Cor. xv. 56. The sting of Deata is fin.

SERMON XXXVI.

The lajl cinay cifireed.

1 Cor. xv. 26. The last enemy that faall be destroyed is

death.

SERMON XXXVII.

The dufirine of the refurrcttiin ftatud and proved.
Daniel xii. 2. And many of them that feep in the dust

of the earth fall awake, fome to eve: lasting life, and
fume to thame and everlatting contenipt.

SERMON XXXVIII.

A general and future ju'd nem svet,

2. Cor. v, 10. For we must all apcar bofure the judg.

ment feat of Christ.

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SERMON XXXIX.

The diference of appearance lifore Cod here and breafier,

!

Matt. XXV. 33. And he shall set the licep on his right

hand, but the gouts on bis lfi.

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SERMON XL.

Every ore in the gerera!judgment rewards' 20:07 to lisameriksa

Rev. 28. 12.

And the dead fall be judged out of 2010

things which were written in the books, according to

their works.

450.

SERMON XLI.

The eternal torments of the damned proved.

Matt. xxv. 45. And these shall go away into everlasting

punilhment.

462.

SERMON XLII.

The nature and felicity of the cleftial fiate.

Alart. xxv. 24. Then fil the King say unto them on his

right hans, Coule, ye biefed of my father, inherit the

biny dom prepared for you from the foundation of the

world,

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