JOHN KINGDOM AND GLORIES OF JESUS CHRIST. XVIII. 37. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth, SERMON 11. THINGS UNSEEN TO BE PREFERRED TO THINGS SEEN. 237 2 COR. IV. 18. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. SERMON 12. 249 THE SACRED IMPORT OF THE CHRISTIAN NAME. ACTS XI. 26. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. SERMON 13. 263 THE DIVINE MERCY TO MOURNING PENITENTS. was JER. XXXI. 18, 19, 20. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and 1 shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. SERMON 14. Page 281 CHRIST PRECIOUS TO ALL TRUE BELIEVERS. 1 PET. II. 7. Unto you therefore which believe, he is precious. THE DANGER OF LUKEWARMNESS IN RELIGION. REV. III. 15, 16. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT THE JOY OF OUR WORLD. PSALM XCVII. 1. The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice: let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof. SERMON 17. THE NAME OF GOD PROCLAIMED BY HIMSELF. 326 EXODUS XXXIII. 18, 19. And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee. WITH CHAP. xxxiv. 6, 7. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty. SERMON 18. 343 GOD IS LOVE. 1 JOHN IV. 8. God is Love. SERMON 19. Page 363 THE GENERAL RESURRECTION. JOHN V. 28, 29. The hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. SERMON 20. THE UNIVERSAL JUDGMENT. 380 ACTS XVII. 30, 31. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent, because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. SERMON 21. THE ONE THING NEEDFUL. 405 LUKE X. 41, 42. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things; but one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. SAINTS SAVED WITH DIFFICULTY, AND THE CERTAIN PERDITION OF SINNERS. 1 PET. IV. 18. And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? INDIFFERENCE ΤΟ 1 COR. VII. 29, 30, 31. : LIFE URGED FROM ITS SHORTNESS AND But this I say, brethren, that the time is short it remaineth that both they that have wives, be as though they had none; and they that weep as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away. : SERMON 24. Page 455 THE PREACHING OF 1 COR. I. 22, 23, 24. CHRIST CRUCIFIED THE MEAN OF SAL VATION. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. SERMON 25. 478 INGRATITUDE TO GOD AN HEINOUS BUT GENERAL INIQUITY. 2 CHRON. XXXII. 25. But Hezekiah rendered not again, according to the benefit done unto him. SERMON 26. 490 THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST, AND THEIR CONSEQUENT JOYS ISAIAH LIII. 10, 11. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied. THE DISINTERESTED AND Devoted cHRISTIAN. A SERMON, PREACHED AT NASSAU-HALL, PRINCETON, OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE Rev. Samuel Davies, A. M. LATE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY. BY SAMUEL FINLEY, D. D. PRESIDENT OF THE SAID COLLEGE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME MEMOIRS OF MR. DAVIES, BY ANOTHER HAND. |