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SERMON I.

JOHN XIV. 6.

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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way and the truth and the

life, no man cometh unto the Father but by me

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake

in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power ; when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high

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SERMON III.

JOHN XVII. 3.

This is life eternal, to know thee the only true God, and

Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent

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SERMON IV.

ISAIAH XLVI. 4

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Even to your

old

age

I am He; and even to hoar hairs will

I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will

carry, and will deliver you

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If there be, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any

comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any

bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like

minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of

one mind

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SERMON VI.

COLOSSIANS III. 1-3.

If ye then be risen with Christ seek those things which are

above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the

earth. For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ

in God

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SERMON VII.

2 COR. IV. 6.

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of dark-

ness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the

knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus

Christ.

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SERMON VIII.

MATT. VI. 24.

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No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the

one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and

despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon , 208

SERMON IX.

MATT. VI. 24.

(PART II.)

No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the

one and love the other, or else he will hold to the

one,

and

despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. 228

SERMON X.

MATT. vi. 24,

(PART III.)

No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the

one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and

despişe the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon . 250

SERMON XI.

1 JOHN III. 1-3.

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. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth

not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that,

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we shall

when he shall appear, we shall be like him;

see him as he is. And every man that hath his hope in

him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure .

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SERMON XII.

EXOD. XXXIV. 35.

And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the

skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil upon

his face again, until he went in to speak with him . 295

SERMON XIII.

ROMANS VIII. 5.

They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the

flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the

Spirit

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SERMON I.

JOHN XIV. 6.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way and the truth and the life,

no man cometh unto the Father but by me.

The time was now fully come, when the Messiah having fulfilled all righteousness by his perfect obedience of the law; by finishing the work which his Father had given him to do; by bruising the head of the serpent and destroying the works of the devil ; by having in the likeness of sinful flesh overcome and withstood all the temptations and suggestions of the wicked one ; when the mighty conqueror was to triumph over all principalities and powers, and lead captivity captive the race of fallen Adam from the powers of darkness into his own glorious kingdom.

The drama once exhibited in Paradise was again brought out on the stage of this world, in which the principal character was sustained by a different personage, and the plot under his auspices underwent an entire revision ; for it was reversed, and

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