Sermon 21 - The Ends of Family Institution, and the Importance of Education
Malachi ii. 15.
"And did not he make one? Ye had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed.--"
Toward the close of the Babylonish captivity, religion revived among the Jews. Several zealous and able reformers were raised up and advanced to power, whose influence was blessed to call back that people from ...read
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Sermon 22 - Parental Duties considered and urged
Malachi ii. 15.
"And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed."
Some general observations on the importance of education, especially parental education, were made in the preceding discourse. We are now to consider the ways and means by which parents, are 'to seek a godly see ...read
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Sermon 23 - The Blessing of God on Filial Piety
Jeremiah xxxv. 19.
"Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Jonadab, the son of Rechab, shall not want a man to stand before me forever.'"
Israel were greatly depraved before the days of this prophet, who was sent to reprove and call them to repentance. The prophet faithfully discharged his trust; but labored to very littl ...read
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Sermon 24 - The Character and Supports of Widows indeed
1 Timothy v. 5.
"Now she that is a Widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day." *
* Preached at the house of one made a widow by her husband's desertion; who left her in straitened circumstances to provide for a young family.
Timothy was ordained a bishop of the church at Ephesus; ...read
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Sermon 25 - The Good Man Useful In Life and Happy in Death
Psalm xxxvii. 37.
"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the end of that man is peace." *
* Preached at the funeral of Asa Witter, Esq. Oct. 9th, 1792.
The subject of this psalm is the way and end of the righteous and the wicked. It is designed to calm the minds of good people when tried with adversity, and to reconcile them to ...read
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Sermon 26 - Departed Saints Fellowservants with those yet on Earth
Revelation xxii. 9.
"I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets."
The revelation made to St. John in the isle of Patmos, was a comfort to the suffering apostle, and a blessing to the church. "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the word, of this prophecy." The beginning indeed was dark; the prophetic sketch, was for s ...read
Sermon 27 - Departed Saints Fellowservants with those yet on Earth - part 2
REVELATION xxii.
"I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets."
That the saints do not remain insensible, while their bodies are in the dull, but become angels, * see and serve God and bear his messages, and minister to the heirs of salvation, hath been argued from several considerations, in the preceding discourse; but we chiefl ...read
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Sermon 28 - The Danger of Deviating from Divine Institutions
Colossians ii, 8.
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."
St. Paul was the apostle of the Gentiles. The care of the churches gathered among them devolved particularly on him. At the writing of this epistle he had no personal acquain ...read
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Sermon 29 - The Sins of Communities Noted and Punished
Matthew xxiii. 36.
"Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation."
This is predicated of the judgments of God on those who had shed the blood of his saints. The Savior declares that all the righteous blood which had been shed on the earth from that of Abel down to the gospel day, should come on that generation!
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Andrew Lee