CONTENTS MINISTERS AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST. 2 CORINTHIANS, v. 20. Now then we are ambas- sadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH BUILDER. MATTHEW, vii. 24, 25, 26, 27. Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the wind blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon SERMON III. THE FOLLY OF SUPPOSING THAT GOD MAY BE MOCKED, EXPOSED AND CONDEMNED. GALATIANS, vi. 7. Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. SERMON IV. Page 36 THE UNCHANGEABLENESS OF CHRIST. HEBREWS, i. 10, 11, 12. And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the Foundation of the Earth and the Heavens are the works of Thy Hands. They shall perish, but Thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up; and they shall be changed: but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail. 53 SERMON V. WORKS MEET FOR REPENTANCE. ACTS, xix. 18, 19, 20. And many that believed, came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many also of them, which used curious arts, brought their books together, and burned them before all men ; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightly grew the Word of God, and prevailed. 69 SERMON VI. THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE UNGODLY INFERRED FROM THE PRESENT AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 1 PETER, iv. 18. And if the Righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the Ungodly and the Sinner appear? Page 86 SERMON VII. THE PSALMIST'S PETITION FOR PARDON. PSALM XXV. 11. For Thy Name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity: for it is great. SERMON VIII. 104 THE ACCEPTED TIME; THE DAY OF SALVATION. 2 CORINTHIANS, vi. 2. Behold, now is the accepted Time: behold, now is the Day of Salvation. SERMON IX. THE WAY OF THE WICKED DESCRIBED. 121 JOB, Xxii. 15. Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 136 SERMON X. WALKING WITH GOD. GENESIS, V. 24. And Enoch walked with God. 154 |