they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."

Emmanuel. I. The prophecy. II. Its fulfilment. III. God with us. IV. We with God. 1. Is God with us? 2. Are we with God?

Christmas.

Daniel ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins (sin-offerings), and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy." Daniel's Seventy Weeks. I. The time. II. The place. III. The person. IV. The acts. 1. The truth of God. 2. Have faith. 3. Be saved.

Matthew i. 21. "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins."

The Name of Jesus. I. The Birth. III. The reason. IV. The religion. sins. 2. Seek and find salvation.

Old Year.

II. The name. 1. Feel your

Proverbs xxvii. 1. "Boast not thyself of tomorrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."

The Uncertainty of Life. I. Life. II. Humility. III. Religion. IV. Eternity. 1. Boast not. 2. Have faith in God.

Mark xiii. 37. "And what I say unto you I say unto all, watch."

The Universal Command. I. The command. II. Its necessity. III. Its universality. IV. Its result. 1. Time flies. 2. Sin and satan tempt. 3. Watch.

New Year.

Isaiah lix. 1-2. 1. "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2. But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear."

The Real Hinderances to Salvation. I. The saving. II. The hearing. III. The separation. IV. The hiding. 1. Forsake sin. 2. Seek mercy. 3. Enjoy salvation.

Luke ii. 29-32. 29. "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31. Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32. A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel."

The Divine Faithfulness. I. The departure. II. The salvation. III. The preparation. IV. The light. 1. See God's salvation. 2. Rejoice.

Persevere.

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The First Sunday after the Epiphany. Isaiah Ixiii. 1. "Who is this who cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah ? This who is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness

of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save."

The Mighty Saviour. I. The inquirer. II. The person seen. III. His speech. IV. His strength. 1. Seek and find the Saviour. 2. Feel his righteousness and salvation.

Matthew ii. 1-2. 1. "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2. Saying, Where is he who is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him."

The Guiding Star. I. The nativity. II. The wise men. III. The star. IV. The worship. 1. Behold the Saviour. 2. Worship him.

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany.

Psalm xxii. 27-28. 27. “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him. 28. For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations."

Universal Repentance. I. The repentance. II. The worship. III. The kingdom. IV. The governor. 1. Remember. 2. Repent. 3. Worship.

Galations iii. 13-14. 13. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one who hangeth on a tree: 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."

Christ's Redemption. I. The redemption. II. The curse. III. The blessing. IV. The promise. 1. See the price. 2. Feel your sins. 3. Seek the blessing and the promise.

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany.

Micah vii. 18. "Who is a God like unto thee, who pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy."

The God who Delights in Mercy. I. Sinners. II. Their desert. III. God's mercy. IV. Their pardon. 1. Love God. 2. Enjoy his pardon.

Romans iii. 21-23. 21. "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. 22. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them who believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

The Righteousness of God. I. The righteousness. II. Its witness. IV. Its III. Its application. necessity. 1. Have humility. 2. Have faith.

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. Psalm xxvii. 4. "One thing have I desired of the Lord that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to be

hold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple."

The One Thing Desired. I. The desire. II. The seeking. III. The dwelling and beholding. IV. The enquiry. 1. Desire and seek. 2. Behold and enquire.

1 Thessalonians i. 9-10. 9. "For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come.'

Conversion Demonstrated. I. The Ministry. II. The conversion. III. The waiting. IV. The deliverance. 1. Turn. 2. Wait. 3. Experience the deliver

ance.

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.

Leviticus x. 3. "Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it which the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them who come nigh to me, and before all the people I will be glorified."

IV. The

The Reverence Due to God. I. The sin. II. The punishment. III. God's requirement. obedience. 1. Serve God. 2. Be holy.

Acts viii. 28. "Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet."

1. Read.

The Scripture Reader. I. The reading. II. The teaching. III. Faith. IV. Evidence. 2. Exhort. 3. Receive.

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. Joshua i. 17. "According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses."

Obedience to Revealed Truth. I. The revelation. II. The teaching. III. The obedience. IV. The divine presence. 1. Hear the word. 2. Obey the

word.

Romans xv. 4. "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope."

Sacred Learning. I. The writing. II. The learning. III. The hope. IV. The means. 1. Learn. 2. Hope.

The Sunday called Septuagesima.

Hosea xiii. 9. "O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help."

Spiritual Self Destruction. I. The Church. II. Its destruction. III. Its hope. IV. The author of its hope. 1. Feel your ruin. 2. Seek help from God.

Philippians iii. 13-14. 13. "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

The One Thing to be Done. I. Things past. II.

The Sunday called Sexagesima.

Jeremiah vi. 8. "Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited."

Instruction, or Destruction. I. The privileges. II. Their abuse. III. The command. IV. The warning. 1. Be warned. 2. Be instructed.

John v. 28-29. "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming in the which all who are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29. And shall come forth; they who have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they who have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

II. The 1.

The Coming Hour. I. The command. hour coming. III. The good. IV. The evil. Hear his voice now. 2. Await the time in hope.

The Sunday called Quinquagesima.

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Isaiah lv. 6-7. "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."

Timely Repentance. I. The seeking. II. The forsaking. III. The conversion. IV. The reconciliation. 1. Repent. 2. Seek. 3. Believe.

1 Corinthians xiii. 13. "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."

The Three Companions. I. Faith. II. Hope, III. Charity. IV. The greatest. 1. Seek these three. 2. Live for ever.

The First Sunday in Lent.

Daniel ix. 9-10. 9. "To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 10. Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.' What belong to God. I. The laws. II. The disobedient. III. The rebellion. IV. The mercy. 1. Love of God's word. 2. Find mercy. Mark xi. 22. "And Jesus answering saith unto them, 'Have faith in God." Faith in God. I. Faith. II. Its object. Its work. IV. Its end. 1. Despair not in difficulties. 2. Have faith in God.

The Second Sunday in Lent.

III.

Ezekiel xvi. 62-63. 62. "And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: 63. That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and not open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all which thou hast done, saith the Lord God."

The Covenant Established. I. The covenant. II. The knowledge. III. The humiliation. IV. The

Psalm xxxviii. 18. "For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin."

A Godly Promise. I. Sin. II. Sorrow. III. Confession. IV. Pardon. 1. Confess your sins to God. 2. Seek mercy through Christ.

Matthew x. 32-33. "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven. 33. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven."

The Saviour's Determination. I. Christ confessed. II. The reward. III. Christ denied IV. The punishment. 1. Deny not your Saviour. 2. Confess him.

The Fourth Sunday in Lent.

Jeremiah vi. 14. "They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace when there is no peace.'

The False Remedy. I. The hurt. II. The healing. III. The offenders. IV. The true remedy. 1. Feel your hurt. 2. Seek the true remedy.

Revelation iii. 15-16. 15. "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."

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Spiritual Lukewarmness. I. The works. II. The wish. III. The punishment. IV. The reason. Zeal in repentance. 2. The promised mercy.

The Fifth Sunday in Lent.

Amos iv. part of 12th verse. "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel."

The Divine Challenge.-I. The sin. II. The impenitence. III. The challenge. IV. The peace. 1. Prepare. 2. Submit.

Galatians 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 himself for me."

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The Christian's Life. I. Our crucifixion. II. Our life. III. Its author. IV. Our faith. 1. Be crucified with Christ. 2. Live. 3. Have faith.

The Sixth Sunday in Lent.

Proverbs iii. 5-6. 5. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

God of peace

1 Thessalonians v. 23. "And the very sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Entire Sanctification. I. Sanctification. II. Its author. III. The preservation. IV. The coming. 1. Feel your necessity. 2. Pray for mercy and grace. Good Friday.

Isaiah liii. 6. "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." The Universal Sin and its Remedy. I. Sin. II. Atonement. III. Repentance. IV. Faith. 1. Consider and turn from your wanderings. 2. Behold the Lamb of God!

Hebrews v. 7-10. 7. "Who, in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him who was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 8. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered, 9. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them who obey him; 10. Called

of God a high priest after the order of Melchisedec." The Author of Eternal Salvation.-I. Suffering. II. Discipline. III. Perfection. IV. Dignity. 1. Suffer. 2. Believe. 3. Obey. 4. Receive eternal life.

Easter Day.

Acts ii. 32. "This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses."

The Risen Saviour. I. Our Lord's resurrection. II. The witnesses. III. Their evidence. IV. Our faith. 1. Faith. 2. Peace. 3. Joy. 4. Hope.

1 Peter i. 3-5. 3. "Blessed be the God and Father our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4. To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and which fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." Regeneration's Hope. I. Our regeneration. II. It's author. III. Our inheritance. IV. Our resurrection. 1. Your regeneration? 2. Your inheritance? 3. Seek grace.

The First Sunday after Easter. Isaiah xlv. 22. "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."

The Universal Command. I. The necessity. II. The remedy. III. The application. IV. The possession. 1. Feel your sin. 2. Look to God through Christ.

The Second Sunday after Easter. Psalm xvi. 9-11. 9. "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 11. Thou wilt shew to me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy! at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

Spiritual Rejoicing. I. The hope. II. The reason. III. The path. IV. The presence. 1. Норе. 2. Rejoice. 3. God will fulfil his promise.

Acts xvi. 30-31. 30. "And said, sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

The Third Sunday after Easter.

Isaiah liii. 12. (IV.) "Therefore will I divide (for) him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; (II.) because he hath poured out his soul unto death: (I.) And he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sins of many, (III.) And made intercession for the transgressors.'

The Work and the Reward. I. The transgressors. II. The offering. III. The intercession. IV. The reward. 1. Behold the Saviour. 2. Seek God through him. 3. Be his people.

Romans viii. 32. "He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give to us all things?"

God's Willingness to Give. I. Our necessities. II. The not sparing. III. The delivering up. IV. The free gift. 1. Feel your necessities. 2. Fly to God for mercy and grace through Christ.

The Fourth Sunday after Easter.

Job xix. 25-26. 25. "For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter

day upon the earth: 26. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God."

The Knowledge which Consoles. I. Knowledge. II. Appearing. III. Death. IV. Resurrection. Faith. 2. Comfort. 3. Declaration.

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John xi. 25-27. 25. "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he who believeth in

The Fifth Sunday after Easter.

Isaiah lix. 20-21. 20. "And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them who turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. 21. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; my spirit which is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever."

The Redeemer and His People. I. The Redeemer. II. The people. III. The covenant. IV. The benefits. 1. Turn from iniquity. 2. Receive the promise.

Matthew xxviii. 18-20. 18. "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20. 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."

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The Redeemer and the Apostles. I. Power. II. Commission. III. Doctrine. IV. Promise. Look to Jesus. 2. Obey his Gospel. 3. Receive his promise.

The Sunday after Ascension Day.

Acts i. 9-11. 9. "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11. Who also said, ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

Our Lord's Ascension. I. The ascension. II. The witnesses. III. The promise. IV. The hope. 1. The heart in heaven. 2. Hope for the grace.

1 Thessalonians iv. 16-18. 16. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

The Final Ascension. I. The descent. II. The resurrection. III. The ascension. IV. The comfort. 1. Comfort. 2. Preparation.

Whit Sunday.

Zechariah xii. 10. "And I will pour_upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only Son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn."

The Promise of the Holy Spirit. I. Impenitence. II. The Holy Spirit. III. Repentance. IV. Faith. 1. Seek the Holy Spirit. 2. Repent. 3. Believe.

Acts ii. 1-4. 1. "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave to them utterance

The Descent of the Holy Ghost. I. The day. II. The sound. III. The appearance. IV. The influence. 1. The Holy Spirit. 2. Prayer.

Trinity Sunday.

Matthew iii. 16-17. 16. "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he [John] saw the Spirit of God descending like to a dove, and lighting upon him: 17. And, lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

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The Three Persons in Unity. I. The Son. II. The Spirit. III. The Father. IV. The Trinity. Faith. 2. Come to God through Christ.

1 John v. 20. "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."

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The Deity of the Saviour. I. The coming II. The gift. III. The union. IV. The revelation. Know the gospel. 2. Feel life in Christ.

The First Sunday after Trinity.

Hosea vi. 1-3. 1. "Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up 2. After two days will he revive us in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth."

Faith's Resolution. I. The resolution. II. The reason. III. The promise. IV. The confidence. 1. Resolve. 2. Perform. 3. Seek God's grace.

Titus iii. 4-7. 4. "But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the wash

ing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6. Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7. That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

How God Saves. I. The manifestation. II. The salvation. III. The outpouring. IV. The design. 1. God's love. 2. Our gratitude.

The Second Sunday after Trinity.

Proverbs iv. 18. "But the path of the just is as shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day."

The Path of the Just. I. The just. II. Their path. III. It's Light. IV. Their rest. 1. Go onward 2. Your rest in heaven.

Luke v. 26. "And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day."

The Man taken with a Palsy. I. What they heard. II. What they saw. III. How they felt. IV. What they did. 1. Seek forgiveness. 2. Glorify God.

John ix. 25. "He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see."

The Man who was Born Blind. I. The past. II.

The present. III. The change. IV. The power. 1. Grace. 2. Its power. 3. Seek it.

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity.

2 Chronicles xv. 1-2. 1. "And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Azariah the son of Oded : 2. And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you."

The Word of Azariah the Son of Oded. I. The hearing. II. The union. III. The seeking. IV. The forsaking. 1. Hear. 2. Be with God. 3.

Forsake him not.

Acts vii 59-60. 59. "And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep"

The Death of the First Martyr. I. The Lord Jesus. II. The human soul. III. The piety. IV. The sleep. 1. Look to Jesus. 2. Love your enemies. 2. Die in peace.