The Flesh and the Spirit

SERMON X. XI.

Matt. xxvi. 41; latter part.

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

SERMON XII. XIII. XIV.

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139, 155

Of Lukewarmness and Zeal; or, Spiritual Fervour 171, 185, 202

Jerem. xlviii. 10; first part.

Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully.

SERMON XV. XVI.

The House of Feasting; or the Epicure's Measures

1 Cor. xv. 32; last part.

Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

SERMON XVII. XVIII.

The Marriage-Ring; or, the Mysteriousness and Duties of

217, 231

248, 263

This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even

as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

SERMON XIX. XX. XXI.

Apples of Sodom; or, the Fruits of Sin

Rom. vi. 21.

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?

For the end of those things is death.

SERMON XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV.

The good and evil Tongue.-Of Slander and Flattery.-The

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that

which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto

the hearers.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of

God dwell in you.

Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he

is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead, because of

sin; but the Spirit is life, because of righteousness.

SERMON III. IV.

The descending and entailed Curse cut off.

Exod. xx. 5, 6.

432, 447

I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the

fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of

them that hate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that

love me, and keep my commandments.

SERMON V. VI.

The Invalidity of a late or Death-bed Repentance

Jerem. xiii. 16.

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before

your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and while ye look for

light (or, lest while ye look for light), he shall turn it into the shadow

of death, and make it gross

darkness.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ; who

can know it?

SERMON IX. X. XI.

The Faith and Patience of the Saints; or, the righteous Cause

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523, 540, 556

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:

and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not

the Gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where

shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

SERMON XII. XIII.

The Mercy of the Divine Judgments; or, God's Method in curing

Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-

suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to

repentance?

TWENTY-FIVE SERMONS

PREACHED AT

GOLDEN GROVE;

BEING FOR THE

WINTER HALF-YEAR,

BEGINNING ON ADVENT SUNDAY, AND ENDING ON THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION.