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PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
MEMOIR,
ix
SERMON I.
MAN'S EXPULSION FROM EDEN, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT DISPENSATION.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the
garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which
turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.-
GENESIS, iii. 24,
1
SERMON II.
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST DESCRIBED UNDER THE EMBLEM OF A CITY.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the
city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the
Most High.—Psalm xlvi. 4,
23 PAGE
SERMON III.
CHRIST'S SERVICE ON EARTH, AND CONSEQUENT EXALTATION.
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be ex-
alted and extolled, and be very high. As many were
astonished at thee ; his visage was so marred more than
any man, and his form more than the sons of men : 80
shall he sprinkle many nations ; the kings shall shut
their mouths at him: for that which had not been told
them shall they see; and that which they had not heard
shall they consider.—Isaiah, lii. 13-15,
44
SERMON IV.
WISDOM REJOICING IN THE HABITABLE PARTS OF THE EARTH.
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; and my
delights were with the sons of men.-PROVERBS, viii.
31, first clause,
66
SERMON V.
SINNERS IN EDEN WITH ADAM : SAINTS IN GETHSEMANE WITH CHRIST.
Did not I see thee in the garden with him ?-JOHN,
xviii. 26,
90
SERMON VI.
THE RAINBOW ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE.
There was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like
unto an emerald.—REVELATION, iv. 3.
112
SERMON VII.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION.
And sitting down, they watched him there, &c.—
MATTHEW, chapter xxvii. from the 35th to 44th verse,
132
SERMON VIII.
THE DEATH OF JESUS, AND THE PRODIGIES WHICH ATTENDED IT.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded
up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was
rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent, &c.—MATTHEW, xxvii.
50-54,
152
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SERMON IX.
THE DEATH OF MOSES.
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land
of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.-
DEUT. xxxiv. 5,
183
SERMON X.
THE WORLD'S GREAT DISEASE, AND MAN'S FRUITLESS REMEDIES.
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wis-
dom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness
of preaching to save them that believe.—1 CORIN-
THIANS, i. 21,
202
SERMON XI.
THE WORLD'S GREAT DISEASE, AND GOD'S EFFECTUAL CURE.
214
SERMON XII.
THE CHIEF OF SINNERS INVITED TO REASON WITH THE GOD OF GRACE.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord :
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow ; though they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool.-ISAIAH, i. 18,
230
SERMON XIII.
THE SAVIOUR WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM.
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
over it.-LUKE, xix. 41,
255
SERMON XIV.
CHRISTIAN PATIENCE.
For ye have need of patience.—HEBREWS, X. 36,
271