SERMONS

ON

VARIOUS SUBJECTS

OF

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND DUTY.

STOR MBRARI

2-YORK

By NATHANAEL EMMONS, D. D.

vol. 6.

PROVIDENCE:
PAINTED AND PUBLISHED BY BARNUM FIELD & co,

1826.

Volumes of Sermons by Dr. Emmons. Vol. I. Printed by N. & B. Heaton, Wrentham,

1800 -Reprinted by Armstrong, Boston,

1815 Vol. II Printed by Armstrong, Boston,

1812 Vol. III. Printed by Armstrong, Boston,

1813 Vol. IV. Printed by Miller & Hutchens, Providence, 1823 Vol. V. Printed by Barnum Field & Co. Providence, 1825 Vol. VI. Printed by Barnum Field & Co. Providence, 1826

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SERMON I.

Faithful ministers avow their religious sentiments.

Acts xxiv. 14.-But this I confess unto thee, that after

the way, which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my

fathers ; believing all things which are written in the law and

the prophets.

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SERMON II.

The right of private judgment.

ACTS XVII. 11.-These were more noble than those in

Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readi-

ness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those

things were so.

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SERMON III.

True knowledge the foundation of true love.

PHILIPPIANS 1. 9.–And this I pray, that your love may

abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in all judy-

ment.

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SERMON IV.

The work of creation.

GENESIS 11. 1, 2.-Thus the heavens and the earth were

finished and all the host of them. And on the seventh day

God ended his work, which he had made : and he rested on

the seventh day from all his work, which he had made.

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SERMON V.

God most fully displays his glory on earth.

ISAIAH vi. 3.-And one cried unto another, and said, Iloly,

holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts ; the whole earth is full of his

glory

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SERMON VI.

The sovereignty of God in the formation of man

ROMANS IX. 20.-Nay, but O man, who art thou that re-

pliest against God! Shall the thing formed, say unto him

That formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ?

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SERMON VII.

A warning to youth.

· ECCLESIASTES. XI. 9.-Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth

and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth; and

walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes;

but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee

into judgment.

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SERMON VIII.

Death in the midst of life.

Psalm cı.. 24.- said, O my God, take me not away in the

midst of my days.

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SERMON IX.

God hates sinners.

Psalm v. 5.- Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

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SERMON X.

The vindictive justice of God.

I SAMUEL XV 33.—And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces

before the Lord in Gilgal.

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SERMON XI.

The doctrine of the Trinity.

II. CORINTHIANS XIII. 14.—The grace of the Lord Jesus

Christ, and the love of God and the communion of the Holy

Ghost be with you all, Amen.

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SERMON XII.

The necessity of the atonement.

Romans III. 26.-That he might be just, and the justifier

of him, who believeth in Jesus.

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