SERMON XIV.

The Jubilee Year.

LEVIT. XXV. 10.

Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim

liberty throughout all the land unto all the in-

habitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto

you; and ye shall return every man unto his

possession, and ye shall return every man unto

his family.

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SERMON XV.

The sanctions of the Mosaic Law.

LEVIT. XXVI. 3, 4.

ye walk in my statutes, and keep my command-

ments, and do them; then I will give you rain

in due season, and the land shall yield her in-

crease, and the trees of the field shall yield

their fruit.

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SERMON XVI.

The Law of Jealousies.

NUMBERS V. 29.

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth

aside to another instead of her husband, and is

defiled.

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SERMON XVII.

Directions respecting Vows.

NUMBERS Vi. 2, 3.

When either man or woman shall separate them-

selves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate

themselves unto the Lord: he shall separate

himself from wine, and strong drink, and shall

drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong

drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of

grapes, nor eat moist grapes, nor dried.

SERMON XVIII.

The Priest's Blessing.

NUMBERS vi. 24, 25, 26.

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord

make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious

:

unto thee the Lord lift up his countenance

upon thee, and give thee peace.

SERMON XIX.

Moses's invitation to Hobab.

NUMBERS X. 29.

We are journeying unto the place of which the

Lord said, I will give it you come thou with

us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath

spoken good concerning Israel.

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SERMON XX.

The Israelites desire flesh.

NUMBERS Xi. 4.

And the mixt multitude that was among them

fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also

wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh

to eat?

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SERMON XXI.

The seventy Elders.

NUMBERS Xi. 25.

And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake

unto him, and took of the spirit that was

upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders:

and it came to pass, that when the spirit

rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not

cease.

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SERMON XXII.

The sin of Aaron and Miriam.

NUMBERS xii. 1, 2.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses

because of the Ethiopian woman whom he

had married; for he had married an Ethiopian

woman. And they said, Hath the Lord in-

deed spoken only by Moses? Hath he not

spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it? 381

SERMON XXIII.

The Spies' Report.

NUMBERS XIII. 32, 33.

And they brought up an evil report of the land

which they had searched unto the children of

Israel, saying, the land, through which we have

gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the

inhabitants thereof; and all the people that

we saw in it are men of a great stature. And

there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak,

which come of the giants; and we were in our

own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in

their sight.

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SERMON XXIV.

Caleb.

NUMBERS Xiv. 24.

But my servant Caleb, because he had another

spirit with him, and hath followed me fully,

him will I bring into the land whereinto he

went; and his seed shall possess it.

SERMON XXV.

The Israelites defeated.

NUMBERS XIV. 41.

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress

the commandment of the Lord? But it shall

not prosper.

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SERMON XXVI.

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

NUMBERS Xvi. 32.

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed
them up, and their houses, and all the men
that appertained unto Korah, and all their
goods.

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