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THE EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST.

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil:

A Song of loves.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have

made touching the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer, &c.-

Psal. xlv. 1-3.

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THE EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made

touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art

fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore

God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most

mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.-Psal. xlv. 1—3.

THE EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips:

therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.-Psal. xlv. 2.

THE EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST.

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy

majesty.-Psal. xlv. 3.

THE USE AND ADVANTAGE OF FAITH IN A TIME OF

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THE USE OF FAITH IF POPERY SHOULD COME UPON US.

The just shall live by his faith.-Hab. ii. 4.

THE USE OF FAITH IN A TIME OF GENERAL DECLENSION

TWENTY-FIVE DISCOURSES SUITABLE TO THE LORD'S SUPPER.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be

made the righteousness of God in him.-2 Cor. v. 21.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of

Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of

Christ?-1 Cor. x. 16.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of

Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of

Christ?-1 Cor. x. 16..

As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death

till he come.-1 Cor. xi. 26.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink

of that cup.-1 Cor. xi. 28.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink

of that cup.-1 Cor. xi. 28.

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Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:

and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.-Matt.

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He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied.-Isa. liii. 11. ..

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship

of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.—Phil. iii. 10. 218

DISCOURSE XIII.

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That

the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: and

when he had given thanks he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my

body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the

same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup

is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in

remembrance of me. For as often as ye cat this bread, and drink this cup,

ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.-1 Cor. xi. 23—26.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.-John

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.-John

DISCOURSE XVII.

And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess

over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their trans-

gression in all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, &c.—

Levit. xvi. 21.

DISCOURSE XVIII.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth

in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the

Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.—Gal. ii. 20.

I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in

me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the

Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.-Gal. ii. 20.

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is

given unto us.-Rom, v. 5.

And to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge.-Eph. iii. 19.

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The nature of apostacy from the gospel declared, in an exposition of Heb. vi.

Partial apostacy from the gospel. Pretences of the church of Rome against

the charge of this evil, examined and rejected

Apostacy from the mystery, truth, or doctrine of the gospel. Proneness of

persons and churches thereunto; proved by all sorts of instances .......

The reasons and causes of apostacy from the truth or doctrine of the gospel,

and the inclination of all sorts of persons thereunto in all ages, inquired

into and declared. Uncured enmity in the minds of many against spiritual

things, and the effects of it in a wicked conversation, the first cause of

Darkness and ignorance, another cause of apostacy

Pride and vanity of mind, sloth and negligence, love of the world, causes of

apostacy; the work of Satan, and judgments of God in this matter

Instance of a peculiar defection from the truth of the gospel; with the rea-

Apostacy from the holiness of the gospel; the occasion and cause of it. Of

that which is gradual, on the pretence of somewhat else in its room

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