SERMON XIII. THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS AND THE CONVERSION OF THE HEATHEN WORLD IN THE LATTER DAYS Page ISAIAH XXXV. 1, 2. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing : the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. 296 SERMON XIV. THE ULTIMATE ENLARGEMENT AND UNITY OF THE A Missionary Discourse. JOHN X. 6. Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd... 318 ERRATA. Page 19.- 7 lines from the bottom, dele and. 29.7 from the top, for hyprocisy, read hypocrisy. 32.3 from the bottom, for righteousness, read righteousnesses 49.3 from the top, for born, read the children. 52.-5 92.- 2 for partakers, read a partaker. for fully, read freely. 93.5 from the bottom, for blessings, read blessing. 176.-3 from the top, for his servants, read the servants of Jehovah. PUNCTUATION. Page 22. 8 lines from the top, after yours read (,) 32.-14 after man for (,) read (;) after spake insert (,) 53.9 from the bottom, for (;) read (?). 85.-6.... 88.-3...................................... after appearance for (;) read (.) SERMONS. SERMON I. SALVATION BY GRACE. EPHESIANS II. 8, 9. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. It is impossible there can be a subject of deeper importance, or of more general interest than the one of which the text treats. In a world like our own, ruined and undone, and amidst a race of guilty perishing sinners like ourselves, salvation by free grace is a theme of no less than infinite moment and universal concern. But how, my brethren, may I awaken in your minds a becoming attention to it? I know of no better way than by directing your thoughts to the fact of our common B ruin by sin, and all the tremendous consequences thereof, as stated by St. Paul in the context-where, remember, in describing the former state of the Ephesians, he, at the same time, describes the state by nature of all men without exception, and of yourselves in particular. What then, it becomes us to enquire, is the Apostle's testimony on this great point? He represents the former state of the Ephesians, and indeed the natural condition of men generally, to be a state of spiritual death. Alive indeed they are to the world and all its lying vanities; alive to sin and ardent in the pursuit of sinful objects; alive to the things of time, and prudently assiduous, even to a proverb, in the management of their worldly affairs, in the accomplishment of their worldly schemes, and in the acquisition of worldly possessions; alive, in short, to any thing but to God and religion, to the great realities of eternity, and the salvation of their souls. In subjects of this kind they feel no interest, for objects like these they have no affections; and even for a proper consi |