seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand."

The Offering for Sin. I. Sacrifice. II. Atonement. III. Conversion. IV. Prosperity. 1. Come to Christ. 2. Feel his grace.

Hebrews vii. 26-27. 26. "For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27. Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's for this he did once [for all], when he offered up himself."

Our High Priest. I. Our high priest. II. His character. III. The legal sacrifices. IV. The Christian sacrifice. 1. Behold the mercy. 2. Repent. 3. Believe.

Revelation i. 18-20. 18. "I am he who liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death. 19. Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."

The Glorified Saviour. I. The speaker. II. The command. III. The mystery. IV. The explanation. 1. Look to Jesus. 2. Have faith in him. 3. Serve him faithfully.

The First Sunday after Easter. 2 Samuel xxiii. 5. 66 Although my house be not so with God; yet hath he made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow."

Faith Triumphant. I. The Types. II. The covenant. III. The faith. IV. The triumph. 1. Trouble. 2. Comfort. 3. Triumph.

Matthew xvii. 9. "And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead."

The Transfiguration. I. The transfiguration. II. The evidence. III. The command. IV. The resurrection. 1. Believe. 2. Hope. 3. Persevere.

The Second Sunday after Easter.

1 Kings xviii. 21. "And Elijah came to 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."

Halters Rebuked. I. Indecision. II. Danger. III. Decision. IV. Security. 1. Halt not. 2. Be on

the Lord's side.

Matthew v. 8. "Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."

Purity of Heart. I. The heart. II. Its purity. III. The cause. IV. The blessing. 1. Feel your sin. 2. Seek purity of heart. 3. The peace of God will keep your heart.

The Third Sunday after Easter.

2 Samuel xii. 22-23. 22. "And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23. But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." True Religion Consoles. I. Humiliation. II. Benefit. III. Death. IV. Immortality. 1. Humble yourselves. 2. Prepare for eternal life. Matthew v. 48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect."

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Christian Perfection. I. God's perfection. II. Our imitation. III. Our strength. IV. Our profit. 1. Die to sin. 2. Live to God. 3. Be perfect.

The Fourth Sunday after Easter.

2 Kings v. 13. "And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather, then, when he saith unto thee, Wash, and be clean ?"

II. Remedy.

Unbelief Reproved. I. Necessity. III. Unbelief. IV. Reproof. 1. Feel your necessity. 2. Have faith.

John xx. 21-23. 21. "Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 23. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained."

The Apostolic Commission. 1. The mission. II. The breathing. III. The receiving. IV. The remission. 1. Receive the Spirit. 2. Have forgiveness.

The Fifth Sunday after Easter.

Ezekiel xxix. 18-19. 18. " Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service which he had served against it: 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army."

The Great Paymaster. I. Service. II. Distress. III. Disappointment. IV. Reward. 1. Serve God. 2. Persevere. 3. Lay hold on eternal life.

John xx. 30-31. 30. "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that, believing, ye might have life through his name."

The Design of Holy Scripture. I. Signs omitted. II. Signs recorded. III. Faith. IV. Life. Have faith. 2. Have life.

The Sunday after Ascension Day.

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1 Peter i. 9. "Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."

The End of Faith. I. Faith. II. Trial. III. Joy. IV. Salvation. 1. Believe. 2. Endure. 3. Be saved.

Hebrews xii. 1-2. 1. "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race which is set before us, 2. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the joy which was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

The Cloud of Witnesses. I. The witnesses. II. The Race. III. The looking. IV. The joy. 1. Run. 2. Look. 3. Win.

Whitsunday.

Isaiah xii. 3. "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation."

The Happiness of Religion. I. The wells. II. The drawing. III. The people. IV. The joy. 1. Come to the Saviour. 2. Feel his salvation.

Acts ii. 33. "Therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear."

The Promise Fulfilled. I. The exaltation. II. The promise. III. The shedding forth. IV. The evidence. 1. Pray for the Spirit. 2. Rejoice in hope.

Acts x. 29. "Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me."

The Willing Minister. I. The preacher. II. The mission. III. The intention. IV. The message. 1. Hear. 2. Believe. 3. Obey.

The Second Sunday after Trinity.

2 Samuel xiv. 14. "For we must needs die, and be as water spilt upon the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him." [Because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, &c.] Margin.

The Thought which Humbles. I. Death. II. Respect. III. Exile. IV. Return. 1. Behold the means. Return.

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Acts x. 33. "Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou hast come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things which are commanded thee by God."

The Willing Hearers. I. The mission. II. The coming. III. The congregation. IV. The hearing. 1. In God's presence. 2. The word. 3. Hear it. The Third Sunday after Trinity.

2 Kings xxii. 19. "Because thy heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord."

Josiah's Humiliation. I. Sin. II. Wrath. III. Humiliation. IV. Pardon. 1. Feel sin. 2. Flee from wrath. 3. Humble yourselves. 4. Find mercy.

Romans iii. 25-26. 25. "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins which are past, through the forbearance of God; 26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.'

God's Salvation. I. The propitiation. II. The faith. III. The declaration. IV. The design. 1. See the propitiation. 2. Have faith.

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Deuteronomy xxxii. 4. "He is the Rock; his work is perfect for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity; just and right is he."

God our Hope. I. God. II. His work. III. His ways. IV. Our hope. 1. Faith. 2. Obedience. 3. Поре.

Acts x. 38. "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil: for God was with him."

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The Plain Truth. I. Unbelief. II. Loss. III. Faith. IV. Gain. 1. Unbeliever, draw back from perdition. 2. Believer, receive the end of your faith, even the salvation of soul. your

The Sixth Sunday after Trinity.

Deuteronomy xxxii. 9. "For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance."

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God's Love to His People. I. The people. II. The portion. III. The peace. IV. The rest. God's people. 2 Have peace. 3. Find rest.

Matthew vii. 12. "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would which men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets."

The Golden Rule. I. The rule. II. The authority. III. The obedience. IV. The power. 1. Seek grace. 2. Obey the rule.

The Seventh Sunday after Trinity.

Judges iii., part of v. 20. "I have a message from God unto thee."

The Divine Message. I. Character. II. Message. III. Deliverance. IV. Result. 1. Hear the message. 2. Have faith.

Ehud Acted Treacherously.

I. Character: 1. Profane. 2. Careless. 3. Undecided. 4. Lukewarm 5. Faithful.

II. Message: 1. Repentance. 2. Faith. 3. Holiness. 4. Heaven.

III. Deliverance: From Sin, Death, Hell.
IV. Result: Rest in Time and in Eternity.

Luke vii. 16. "And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and that God hath visited his people,'

The Widow of Nain. I. The meeting. II. The Saviour. III. The young man. IV. The effect. 1. The Saviour's kindness. 2. The sinner's hope.

The Eighth Sunday after Trinity.

2 Chronicles xxxiii. 12-13. 12. "And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13. And prayed unto him: and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom."

Manasseh's Repentance. I. Affliction. II. Repentance. III. Mercy. IV. Knowledge. 1. Repent. 2. Seek Mercy. 3. Know God.

Romans viii. 7. "Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be."

The Carnal Mind. I. The carnal mind. II. The law. III. The change. IV. The Saviour. 1. Feel the enmity. 2. Seek the change.

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity.

Job ix. 30-33. 30. "If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31. Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. 32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and (that) we should come together in judgment. 33. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, who might lay his hand upon us both."

No Salvation out of Christ. I. Self righteousness. II. Sinfulness. III. Humiliation. IV. Mediation. 1. Renounce self. 2. Come to God through Christ.

1 John iii. 1. "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."

The Proof of God's Love. I. The love. II. The III. The ignorance. IV. The reason.

evidence.

1. Know the love of God. 2. Be his children.

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity.

2 Samuel x. 12. "Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth to him good."

Christian Warriors. I. Warfare. II. Courage. III. Conduct. IV. Faith.

John vi. 27. "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed." The Bread of Eternity. I. Time. II. Eternity. III. Gift. IV. Sealing. 1. Live for eternity. 2. Believe in the Saviour.

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.

Judges viii. 4. "And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing them."

Faith in Weakness. I. Faith. II. Firmness. III. Perseverance. 1. Have faith. 2.

Persevere.

IV. Success.

Acts xi. 24. "For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord."

A Good Man and His Work. I. Goodness. II. Holy Spirit. III. Faith. IV. Increase. 1. Seek the grace. 2. Use it to God's glory.

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Psalm xix., part of verse 7. "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul."

Hebrews x. 19-22. 19. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh : 21. And having a high priest over the house of God; 22. Let us draw near with a true heart, and in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."

The New and Living Way. I. The entrance. II. The way. III. The high priest. IV. The approach. 1. Know your privilege. 2. Draw near.

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.

Psalm xix. 14. "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer."

The Words and Thoughts. I. Words. II. Thoughts. III. Acceptableness. IV. Titles. 1. Pray for grace. 2. Think and speak to God's glory.

1 Corinthians x. 1-4. 1. "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2. And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3. And did all eat the same spriritual meat; 4. And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock which followed them: and that rock was Christ."

Types in the Wilderness. I. The baptism. II. The manner. III. The Rock. IV. The end. 1. Experience the reality of conversion. 2. Follow Christ to

heaven.

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. Numbers xxiii., part of verse 10. "Let me die the death of the righteous: and let my last end be like to his [theirs]."

The Death of the Righteous. I. The righteous. II. Their death. III. The prayer. IV. Its answer. 1. Pray for the blessing. 2. Seek the means.

Philippians i. 6. 'Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."

The Good Work. I. The work. II. The beginning. III. The performance. IV. The confidence. 1. Is the work begun? 2. Seek it's performance.

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.

Nehemiah viii. 10. (I.) "Then said He unto them, Go your way: (II.) eat the fat, and drink the sweet: and, (III.) send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: (IV.) For this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."

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God's Goodness our Example. I. The feast. The invitation. III. Our duty. IV. Our accept

ance. 1. Come to Christ. 2. Persuade others.

1 Corinthians ii. 12-14. 12. "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things which are freely given to us by God. 13. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth: comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

The Spirit which is of God. I. The Spirit. II. The knowledge. III. The teaching. IV. The natural 1. Seek the Spirit. 2. Know the truth.

man.

"And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life: he who cometh to me shall never hunger: and he who believeth on me shall never thirst."

II. Supply. 1. Feel your want. 2.

The Bread of Life. I. Necessity.
III. Faith. IV. Benefit.
Come to Christ for the supply.

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. Proverbs iii. 17. "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."

True Wisdom. I. Wisdom. II. Joy. III. Peace. IV. Triumph. 1. Seek wisdom. 2. Find and keep wisdom.

Acts xi. 26. "The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." [Or, They, by divine command, called the disciples Christians first in Antioch.] The Christian. I. The Christian. II. His faith. III. His duty. IV. His hope. 1. Are you a Christian? 2. Faith, Duty, Hope.

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The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.

Hosea xiv. 1. "O! Israel, return unto the Lord thy God for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity." Fallen Sinners Counselled. I. The fall. II. The return. III. The manner. IV. The gratitude. 1. Feel your sin. 2. Return.

1 Timothy i. 13. "I obtained mercy."

Mercy. I. Necessity. II. Promise. III. Seeking. IV. Finding. 1. Feel your necessity. 2. Seek and find the promised mercy.

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.

Psalm v. 7. "But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple."

Pure Worship. I. Resolution. II. Gratitude. III. Fear. IV. Worship. 1. Resolve. 2. Be grateful. 3. Worship.

John xii. 26. "If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour." Christ's Service. I. The service. II. The following. III. The presence. IV. The honour. 1. Serve the Lord Christ. 2. Seek the Saviour.

The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. Psalm ii. 12. "Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they who put their trust in him."

Warning to Sinners. I. Danger. II. Reconciliation. III. Faith. IV. Blessing. 1. Come to Christ. 2. Trust in him.

James iv. 10. "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."

Humiliation. I. Sin. II. Humiliation. Mercy. IV. Grace. 1. Humble yourselves. Seek the fulfilment of the promise.

The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity.

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Isaiah li. 7-8. 7. "Hearken unto me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law: fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8. For the moth shall eat them up like to a garment, and the worm shall eat them like to wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation."

The Righteous Encouraged. I. The people. II. The courage. III. The vanity. IV. The stability. 1. Be the Lord's people. 2. Have courage.

Romans xii. 1. "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."

The Reasonable Service. I. The mercies. II. The service. III. The reasonableness. IV. The entreaty. 1. Serve God. 2. Be entreated.

The Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity. Jeremiah ii. 19. "Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know, therefore, and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts." Persuasion to Repentance. I. Correction. II. Reproof. III. Knowledge. IV. Repentance. 1.

Feel the sin. 2. Seek mercy. Acts xxvi. 27-28. 27. "King Agrippa believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."

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The Almost Christian. I. Knowledge. II. Faith. III. Indecision. IV. Persuasion. 1. Be persuaded. 2. Believe. 3. Obey.

The Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity. Zechariah xiii. 1. "In that day there shall be a fountain opened in the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness."

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The Opened Fountain. I. The fountain. II. The purpose. III. The persons. IV. The time. Mercy. 2. Invitation. 3. Accept.

Acts xxiv. 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." The Convenient Season. I. Reasoning. II. Trembling. III. Delay. IV. Promise. 1. Delay not. 2. Decide now.

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity. Proverbs xiv. 32. "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death."

The Wicked and the Righteous. I. The wicked. II. His punishment. III. The righteous. IV. His hope. 1. Repent. 2. Persevere.

Luke ix. 62. "And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

The Gospel Plough. I. Good intention. II. Indecision. III. Unfitness. IV. Decision. 1. Halt not. 2. Decide.

The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity.

Job xv. 11. "Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?"

Secret Sin. I. Consolations. II. Decrease. III. Secret sin. IV. Restoration. 1. Renounce the sin. 2. Seek the consolation.

Matthew vii. 13-14. 13. "Enter ye in at the strait gate for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat: 14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be who find it."

The Two Gates. I. The wide gate. II. The many. III. The strait gate. IV. The few. 1. Flee from the wide gate. 2. Enter at the strait gate.

"If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the Texts of some of those Sundays which were omitted after the Epiphany may be taken in to supply so many as are here wanting."

THE FOURTH YEAR.

The First Sunday in Advent.

Isaiah xlii. 6-7. 6. "I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. 7. To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them who are in darkness out of the prison house."

The Call of the Saviour. I. Call. II. Protection. III. Gift. IV. Purpose. 1. Christ is sent.

Receive him.

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