THE SERMON S, AND OTHER PRACTICAL WORKS, Of the Late REVEREND and LEARNED MR RALPH ERSKINE, Minifter of the Gofpel in DUNFERMLINE. CONSISTING OF Above One Hundred and Fifty SERMONS, IN TEN LARGE VOLUMES OCTAVO. To which is prefixed, An ACCOUNT of the AUTHOR'S LIFE and WRITINGS, Mark the perfect Man, and bebold the upright; for the End VOL. II. FALKIRK; PRINTED BY PATRICK MAIR, For the Revd JOHN STEWART, PETER MUIRHEAD, Merchant, M.DCC.XCV, After an introduction to an analization and explication of the words, and their fenfe given in a doctrinal obfervation, the following topics 3. The influence his love hath upon ours, as the cause of it, illustrated, 30 4. The application of the whole in fundry uses, Here, after an introduction unto the fubject, and an analization of 1. What mercies the people of God meet with, and what it is in these The Harmony of the Divine. Attributes difplayed, in the Redemption and Salvation of Sinners, by Jefus Chrift, 121 PSALM 1XXXV. 10. Mercy and truth are met together, righteoufefs and peace bave kiffed each other. After the introduction and explanation of the words, four general beads of method are profecuted, viz. I.. Who are members of the meeting; or, what are thefe attributes of God which do harmoniously confpire together, propofing their various claims, 2. When and where thefe parties did meet together, 128 133 3. How, and after what manner, they meet together and kiss each other, 142 4. Why, or for what reafons, they have met together, and embraced each other, 5. The application of the subject, in fundry inferences, 148 160 SERMON XXI, XXII. Carnal Confultation unfolded; or, the great Evil of being actuated, by Carnal Principles, in the Matters of God, evinced, 180 GAL. i. 16. Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood. The connection being traced, the fcope of the apoftle confulted, his principal intention viewed, the words themfelves confidered, several propofitions natively deduced from them, a comprehensive one laid down for profecution, the following general heads are illuftrated, viz. 1. What is to be understood by flesh and blood, and conferring there. with, 183 186 2. The truth of the doctrine confirmed by feriptural examples, 3. The reafons affigned why we ought not to confult with flesh and blood, 4. The application of the fubject, in fundry uses, 188 190 SERMON XXIII,-XXVII. Law-Death, Gospel-Life; or, the Death of Legal Righteoufnefs, the Life of Gofpel Holiness, 245 GAL. I. 19. I through the law, am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. The fcope of the apostle being obferved, the words analized and explained, and a compendious propofition laid down, the following topics of difcourfe are illuftrated, viz. 251 275 1. The doctrine cleared and confirmed, 2. The believer's mortification, or death to the law, opened up, 256 3. The believer's vivification, or living to God, enquired into, 4. The neceffity of this death, in order to this life; or, the influence that our being dead to the law, bath upon our living to God, 5. The application of the subject, in four diftinct uses, 289 304 The Beft Bond; or, the fureft Engagement, 358 JER. XXX. 21. For, who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me, faith the Lord. The scope of the prophet being noticed, and the words viewed in their connexion, analized, and explained, the doctrine laid down, and confirmed, the following general heads are difcourfed, viz. 1. Who this wonderful Perfon is, that engaged his heart to approach unto God, 2. The nature of the work he engaged himself in, confidered, 3. The fingularity of the fact pointed out, 364 368 380 4. The reafons of the doctrine affigned, viz. why Chrift came under this engagement, &c. 5. Some inferences deduced for the application of the doctrine, 389 394 |