EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED,

IN A

SERIES OF SERMONS;

BY

TIMOTHY DWIGHT, S. T. D. LL. D.

LATE PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE.

WITH A

MEMOIR

OF

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

FIFTH EDITION.

VOL. IV.

NEW YORK:

G. & C. CARVILL, No. 108 BROADWAY.

STEREOTYPED BY A. CHANDLER

1828.

CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

SERMON CXXXII. The Tenth Commandment. Ambition.-Rem. xii. 16.

SERMON CXXXIII. Man's Inability to obey the Law of God.-Rom. viii. 7.

SERMON CXXXIV. Faith and Repentance necessary to restore us to Obe-

dience.-Acts xx. 20, 21.

SERMON CXXXV. The Means of Grace. The Ordinary Means of Grace.

Proofs that there are such Means.-1 Cor. iv. 15.

SERMON CXXXVI. The Ordinary Means of Grace. What they are; and

what is their Influence.-1 Cor. iv. 15.

SERMON CXXXVII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Objections an-

swered.-1 Cor. iv. 15.

SERMON CXXXVIII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Hearing the Word

of God.-Luke viii. 18.

SERMON CXXXIX. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Nature, Seasons,

and Obligations of Prayer.-1 Thess. v. 17.

SERMON CXL. The Ordinary Means of Grace.

The Usefulness of Prayer

to Individuals.-1 Thess. v. 17.

SERMON CXLI. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Usefulness of Prayer

to Families.--Eph. vi. 10.

SERMON CXLII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Usefulness of Prayer

to Communities.-Psalm 1xxiii. 28.

SERMON CXLIII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Objections to

Prayer considered.-Job xxi. 15.

SERMON CXLIV. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Forms of Prayer,-

Mall. vi. 9-13.

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SERMON CXLVI. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Religious Meditation.-

Prov. iv. 26.

SERMON CXLVII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Duty of Educating

Children religiously. Objections.—Prov. xxii. 6.

SERMON CXLVII. The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Manner in which

Religious Education is to be conducted. Motives to this Duty.-Prov.

xxii. 6.

SERMON CXLV. The Ordinary Means of Grace. Intercourse with Reli-
gious Men.-Prov. xiii. 20.

Officers of the Church.

Ministers of the Gospel. Who are Ministers.-1 Pet. v. 1—3.

SERMON CLI. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Officers of the Church.

Ministers of the Gospel. Who are Ministers.—1 Pet. v. 1—3.

SERMON CLII. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The End, Nature,

and Subjects of Preaching-Matth. xxviii, 19.

SERMON CLIII. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Manner of

Preaching-Matth. xxviii. 19.

SERMON CXLIX. The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Character of
Members of the Church-2 Cor. vi. 14.

SERMON CL. The Extraordinary Means of Grace.