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The LORD'S SUPPER practically explained.

LUKE xxii. 19. This do in remembrance of me.

A frequent receiving of the LORD'S SUPPER recom-

mended and enforced.

I COR. xi. 26. For as often as ye eat this Bread, and drink this Cup,

ye do fhew the Lord's death till he come.

SERMON LXXVIII.

God's Goodness to Men the Foundation of the Love

they ought to have for him, and for their Neighbour.

LUKE vii. 41, 47. Wherefore I fay unto thee, Her fins, which are

many, are forgiven; for fhe loved much: but to whom little is for-

given, the fame loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy fins are

The Advantages arifing from the Chriftian Education

of Poor Children, and especially of Poor Girls.

2 TIM. i. 4, 5. That I may be filled with joy, when I call to re-

membrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt firft in

thy Grandmother Lois, and thy Mother Eunice; and I am per-

fuaded that in thee alfo.

Continuance in Well-Doing recommended.

GAL. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in Well-doing: for in due season

we fhall reap, if we faint not.

The Ordinances of God attended with certain,

though invisible effects.

JOHN iii. 7, 8. Marvel not that I faid unto thee, Ye must be born

again. The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou hearest the

found thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it

goeth: So is every one that is born of the Spirit.

The Danger of living, like Children, without

Thought or Reason, or Fear, or Steadiness.

I COR. xiii. II. When I was a Child, I fpake as a Child, I under-

ftood as a Child, I thought as a Child: But when I became a Man,

I put away childish things.

SERMON LXXXIII.

The Knowledge neceffary for every one who takes

upon himself the Profeffion of a Christian.

LUKE xiv. 28, 29, 30. For which of you intending to build a tower,

fitteth not down firft, and counteth the coft, whether he have fuffi-

cient to finish it? Left haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and

is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, faying,

This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

The Inftruction of Children in the Knowledge and

Fear of God, one great part of the Duty of Parents.

DEUT. vi. 6, 7. Thefe Words which I command thee this day,

fhall be in thine heart; and thou fhalt teach them diligently unto

The Folly and Danger of expecting the Bleffings of

Christianity, without leading a Christian Life.

EPHES. iv. 17. This I fay therefore, and teftify in the Lord, that ye

henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their

mind; [that is, following their own wicked inclinations.]

The Sin and Danger of grieving the Holy Spirit

EPHES. iv. 30. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye

are fealed unto the day of Redemption.

SERMON LXXXVII.

Our Saviour's Concern for the Common People a
Pattern for his Followers, especially for his Minifters.

MATTH. ix. 36, 37, 38. But when he faw the multitudes, he was

moved with compaffion on them, because they fainted, and were

fcattered abroad as fheep having no fhepherd. Then faith he unto

his difciples, The harveft truly is plenteous, but the labourers are

few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will fend

forth labourers into his harvest.

SERMON LXXXVIII.

The great Bleffing of a Standing Ministry.

NUMB. vi. 22-27. And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, Speak

unto Aaron and unto his Sons, faying, On this wife ye fhall blefs

the children of Ifrael, faying unto them, The Lord blefs thee, and

keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gra-

cious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and

give thee peace. And they fhall put my name upon the children of

Ifrael, and I will bless them.

The reciprocal Obligations of Christian Ministers

HEB. xiii. 17. They watch for your fouls, as they that must give

The Duty of Minifters and People.

I COR. iv. I. Let a man fo account of us as of the Ministers of Chrift,

and Stewards of the Myfteries of God. Moreover, it is required in

Stewards that a man be found faithful.

At the Dedication of the new Church in Kirk-Lonan.

2 CHRON. vi. 40. We have, in the prayer of King Solomon at the

Dedication of the Temple, these words:-My God! I befeech

Thee, let thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the

prayer that is made in this place: AND

2 CHRON. vii. 15. We have the gracious answer and promife of God

to this petition, in these words:-Mine eyes fhall be open, and mine

ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

At the Confecration of Douglafs Chapel.

EXOD. xx. 24. In all places where I record my name, I will come

unto thee, and I will bless thee.

The Power of God's Minifters to rebuke Sinners,

and receive them on Repentance.

JOSH. vii. 19, 20. And Joshua faid unto Achan, My Son, give, I

pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Ifrael, and make confeffion unto

him; and tell me now what thou haft done; hide it not from me.

And Achan anfwered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have finned againft

the Lord God of Ifrael, and thus and thus have I done.

The Confideration of Death put into Practice.

2 KINGS XX. 21. Thus faith the Lord, fet thine house in order, for

thou fhalt die, and not live.

The Happiness of those who die in the Faith and

REV. xiv. 13. I heard a voice from Heaven, faying unto me, Write,

Bleffed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: Yea,

faith the Spirit, that they may reft from their labours; and their

works do follow them.

The Happiness of thofe who die in the Faith and

REV. xiv. 13. Bleffed are the dead which die in the Lord, from

henceforth: Yea, faith the Spirit, that they may reft from their la-

bours; and their works do follow them.

Our true Comfort on the Death of Friends.

I THESS. iv. 13, 14, I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,

concerning them which are afleep, that ye forrow not even as others

which have no hope. For if we believe that Jefus died and rofe

again, even fo them alfo which fleep in Jefus [that is, in the faith of

Jefus] will God bring with him.

The proper Duty of Chriftian People and Ministers.

JOHN Xvii. 4. I have finished the work which thou gaveft me

St. Paul's Comfort in the Profpect of Death appli-
cable to every faithful Minister of Christ.

PHIL. i. 25. To me to live is Chrift, and to die is Gain.

At the Funeral of Bishop Wilfon.

PSALM CXii. 6. The righteous fhall be had in everlasting remem-

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