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Disciplinary Sermons
The Vain Self
Flatteries of the Sinner - Psalm 36:2, "For he flattereth
himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful."
The End of the
Wicked Contemplated by the Righteous - Revelation 18:20,
"Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for
God hath avenged you on her."
The Portion of
the Wicked - Romans 2:8, 9, "But unto them that are
contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,
indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man
that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile."
When the Wicked
Shall Have Filled Up the Measure of Their Sin, Wrath Will Come Upon Them
to the Uttermost - 1 Thess. 2:16, "To fill up their sins
always; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost."
Wicked Med
Inconsistent With Themselves - Matthew 11:16-19, "But
whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children
sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We
have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you,
and ye have not lamented..."
The
Eternity of Hells Torments - Matthew 25:46, "These shall go
away into everlasting punishment."
Sinners in Zion Tenderly Warned - Isaiah 33:14, "The sinners
in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among
us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with
everlasting burnings?"
The Future
Punishment of the Wicked Unavoidable and Intolerable -
Ezekiel 22:14, "Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in
the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord save spoken it, and
will do it."
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God- Deuteronomy 32:35,
"Their foot shall slide in due time."
Wicked
Men Useful in Their Destruction Only - Ezekiel 15:2-4, "Son
of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree? Or than a branch which
is among the trees of the forest? Shall wood be taken thereof to do any
work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold,
it is cast into the fire for fuel; The fire devoureth both the ends of
it, and the midst of it is burnt: Is it meet for any work?"
Sinners Delay
Concerns the Soul - Acts 24:25, "And as he reasoned of
righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and
answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I
will call for thee."
Natural Men in a Dreadful Condition - Acts 16:29, 30, "Then
he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down
before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs what must I
do to be saved?"
Doctrinal
Sermons
Christians A Chosen
Generation, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation, A Peculiar People - 1
Peter 2:9, "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."
Few There Be That Find It -
Matthew 7:14, "Few there be that find it."
God Makes Men Sensible of
Their Misery Before He Reveals His Mercy and Love - Hosea 5:15, "I will
go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek
my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."
God's Sovereignty in the
Salvation of Men - Romans 9:18, "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will
have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth."
Pardon for the Greatest of
Sinners - Psalm 25:11, "For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity;
for it is great."
The Warnings of Scripture
Are in the Best Manner Adapted to the Awakening and Conversion Of
Sinners - Luke 16:31, "And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead."
The Final
Judgment - Acts 17:31, "Because he hath appointed a day, in
the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he
hath ordained."
The Perpetuity And
Change Of The Sabbath - 1 Corinthians 16:1, 2, "Now
concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the
churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, let
every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that
there be no gatherings when I come." 2 Sermons
God Glorified in Man's
Dependence - 1 Corinthians 1:29-31, "That no flesh should glory in his
presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that,
according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord."
The Wisdom of God,
Displayed in the Way of Salvation - Ephesians 3:10, "To the intent that
now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places, might be
known by the church the manifold wisdom of God." 6 Sermons
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Five Discourses
Concerning the Soul's Eternal Salvation
Justification by Faith
Alone - Romans 4:5, "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Pressing into the Kingdom
of God - Luke 26:16, "The law and the prophets were until John: since
that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into
it."
Ruth’s Resolutions - Ruth 1:16, "And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave
thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I
will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my
people, and thy God my God."
The Justice of
God in the Damnation of Sinners - Romans 3:19, "...That
every mouth may be stopped."
The Excellency of Jesus Christ - Revelation 5:5-6, "And one of the
elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the
seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne,
and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as
it had been slain."
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The Folly Of Looking Back
In Fleeing Out Of Sodom - Luke 17:32, "Remember Lot’s wife."
The Sole Consideration, That God is God, Sufficient to Still All
Objections to His Sovereignty - Psalm 46:10, "Be still, and know that I
am God."
Unbelievers Contemn The
Glory And Excellency Of Christ - Acts 4:11, "This is the stone which was
set at nought of you builders."
Men Naturally Are God’s
Enemies - Romans 5:10, "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled
to God by the death of his Son."
Jesus Christ The Same
Yesterday, Today, And Forever - Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ, the same
yesterday, today, and forever."
Christ Exalted - 1
Corinthians 15:25, 26, "For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies
under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed, is death."
The Character Of Paul An
Example To Christians - Philippians 3:17, "Brethren, be followers of me,
and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an example." 4 Sermons
Man’s Natural Blindness In
Things Of Religion - Psalm 94:8-11, "Understand, ye brutish among the
people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear,
shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man
knowledge, shall not he know? The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that
they are vanity." 3 Sermons
Christ's Agony - Luke
22:44, "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat
was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."
Wicked Men of the Past are
Still in Hell - 1 Peter 3:19, 20, "By which also he went and preached to
the spirits in prison, etc..."
The Scripture Is The Word
Of God - 2 Timothy 3:16, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God."
Occasional
Sermons
A Divine and Supernatural
Light - Matthew 16:17, "And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed
art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto
thee, but my Father which is in heaven."
The Most High a Prayer
Hearing God - Psalm 65:2, "O thou that hearest prayer."
Many Mansions - John 14:2,
"In My Father's house are many mansions."
The Nature and End of
Excommunication - 1 Corinthians 5:11, "But now I have written unto you
not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a
fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or
an extortioner; with such a one no not to eat."
The Sorrows of the
Bereaved Spread Before Jesus - Matthew 14:12, "And his disciples came
and took up the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus."
The True Excellency Of A
Gospel Minister - John 5:35, "He was a burning and a shining light."
The Church’s Marriage To
Her Sons, And To Her God - Isaiah 62:4, 5, "Thy land shall be married.
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and
as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice
over thee."
True Saints, When Absent
From the Body, Are Present With the Lord - 2 Corinthians 5:8, "We are
confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to
be present with the Lord."
God’s Awful Judgment In
The Breaking And Withering Of The Strong Rods of a Community - Ezekiel
19:12, "Her strong rods were broken and withered."
Christ the Example of
Ministers - John 13:15, 16, "For I have given you an example, that he
should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
servant is not greater than his lord, neither he that is sent greater
than he that sent him."
True Grace Distinguished
From the Experience of Devils - James 2:19, "Thou believest that there
is one God; thou dost well: the devils also believe, and tremble."
A Farewell Sermon
- 2
Corinthians 1:14, "As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are
your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus."
Pastoral
Sermons
Christian Knowledge -
Hebrews 5:12, "For when the time you ought to be teachers, ye have need
that one teach you again which is the first principles of the oracles of
God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat."
Procrastination - Proverbs
27:1, "Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth."
A Warning To Professors -
Ezekiel 23:37, 38, 39, "That they have committed adultery, and blood is
in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery... "
Christian Charity -
Deuteronomy 15:7-11, "If there be among you a poor man of one of thy
brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart..."
The Christian Pilgrim -
Hebrews 11:13, 14, "And confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims
on the earth. For they that say such things, declare plainly that they
seek a country."
Christian Cautions
-
Psalms 139:23, 24, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and
know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me
in the way everlasting..."
Praise, One Of The Chief
Employments Of Heaven - Revelation 14:2, "And I heard a voice from
heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great
thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps..."
The Preciousness Of Time
And The Importance Of Redeeming It - Ephesians 5:16, "Redeeming the
time..."
The Unreasonableness Of
Indetermination In Religion - 1 Kings 18:21, "And Elijah came unto all
the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord
be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people
answered him not a word."
God The Best Portion Of
The Christian - Psalm 73:25, "Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there
is none upon earth that I desire besides thee."
Hope And Comfort Usually
Follow Genuine Humiliation And Repentance - Hosea 2:15, "And I will give
her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of
hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in
the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt."
Temptation and
Deliverance
- Genesis 39:12, "And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got
him out."
The Portion of the
Righteous - Romans 2:10, "But glory, honour, and peace, to every man
that worketh good."
Hypocrites Deficient in
the Duty of Prayer - Job 37:10, "Will he always call upon God?"
Dishonesty - Exodus 20:15,
"Thou shalt not steal."
The Manner in Which the
Salvation of the Soul is to be Sought - Genesis 6:22, "Thus did Noah;
according to all that God commanded him, so did he."
Peace With God
- Romans
5:1, "... we have peace with God."
The Peace Which Christ
Gives His True Followers - John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you, my peace
give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you."
Safety, Fullness, and
Sweet Refreshment, to be Found in Christ - Isaiah 32:2, "And a man shall
be an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as
rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary
land."
The Pure In Heart Blessed
- Matthew 5:8, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."
Charity and Its Fruits
1. All True Grace in the Heart Summed up in Charity, or Love
2.
Charity or Love, More
Excellent Than Extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit
3.
All That Can be Done or
Suffered in Vain Without Charity, or Love
4.
Charity Meek in Bearing
Evil and Injuries
5.
Charity Cheerful and
Free in Doing Good
6.
The Spirit of Charity
the Opposite of an Envious Spirit
7.
The Spirit of Charity
an Humble Spirit
8.
The Spirit of Charity
the Opposite of a Selfish Spirit
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The Spirit of Charity
the Opposite of an Angry or Wrathful Spirit
10.
The Spirit of Charity
the Opposite of a Censorious Spirit
11.
All True Grace in the
Heart Tends to Holy Practice in the Life
12.
Charity Willing to
Undergo All Sufferings for Christ
13.
All the Christian
Graces Connected and Mutually Dependent
14.
Charity, or True
Grace, Not to be Overthrown by Opposition
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The Holy Spirit
Forever to be Communicated to the Saints, in Charity, or Love
16.
Heaven, A World of
Love
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