Twenty-four Discourses On Some of the Important and Interesting Truths, Duties, and Institutions, of the Gospel, and the General Excellency of the Christian Religion; Calculated for the People of God of Every Communion, Particularly for the Benefit of Pious Families, and the Instruction of All in the Things Which Concern Their Salvation

The great foundation-principles of the Christian Religion are so plain in themselves, that it would be natural to conclude, that none who admit its reality, could be found who s...

5. Reason and conscience are unable to renew and change our hard hearts, or to give us a true and real light of the excellency of spiritual and divine things. To subdue the obdu...

_The sower of the seed_ is our Lord himself, and those, who are in all the ages of his Religion or Gospel kingdom, commissioned and employed by him. _The seed sowed_ is the word...

As the conclusion of the whole, we cannot but be highly delighted with the easiness of the terms of salvation. They are as easy as they could be consistent with the law, charact...

One very great branch of the Excellence of Christianity consists in its containing a most _rational system_ of duties, and enforcing them by the most _solemn motives._ The doctr...

In the review of this subject, we see the necessity of keeping most exactly to the holy scriptures, in the discipline and order of our churches, in the forms of external adminis...

It affords peculiar satisfaction to the thinking mind, in attending any duty of Religion, to be well assured that it hath either a divine warrant, as _thus saith the Lord,_ or i...

Another particular necessarily implied, in _calling upon the name_ of the Lord so as to be saved, is _constancy,_ or doing it on all _stated_ seasons and proper occasions. He wh...

2. God, in his word, most expressly commands us to worship him, and signifies his will, in so plain a manner and so repeatedly, that none can deny the duty, who will be upright...

Morality therefore being so essential to, and so important a part of pure and undefiled Religion, it is one great recommendation of the Christian Religion, that it contains a sy...

9thly. The last argument, which will be urged to prove the reality of a Christian Sabbath, is that the whole Christian Church, with very few exceptions, have kept the _first day...

If any still object and say, "I have attended constantly for a succession of years, and have found no real good effect on my heart or conduct. I am as much averse to religion as...

In the fifth and last place, we infer from this subject the obligation upon us to improve faithfully the light and advantages of a divine Revelation. We are particularly disting...

5thly. The fifth argument, is taken from those numerous passages of scripture, where baptismal water in the name of Christ, or no doubt, in the name of the SACRED THREE, is said...

In order that my meaning in this proposition may be fully comprehended, it will be necessary to state, a little more at large, the idea intended to be illustrated and establishe...

It is to the benevolent mind, painful to recollect, that errorists of every description, are more active and laborious to disseminate their mischievous opinions, than the lovers...

4thly. _A further way_ rightly to understand the scriptures, is to divest ourselves, as far as is possible, of all prejudices, and to read and hear them, with a sincere and hone...

_The other source_ of comfort opened by pagan philosophy under calamities, was that they could not be avoided--that all are liable to them--and that man was destined to evil whi...

_Sixthly,_ A further evidence of the _internal worth_ and _merit_ of the Christian Religion is that it strictly prohibits all moral evil, and whatever would interrupt our peace...

6thly. The Apostles took all due care to commit the Gospel-ministry to _faithful men,_ commanding them to deliver _sound_ doctrine, and to shun _all_ doctrines which they had no...

7thly. The scripture declares to us, it is a SUFFICIENT rule of itself, in all matters of belief and practice. While I plead the intire sufficiency of scripture, I am pleading i...

II. The second thing proposed, was to remove some objections or cavils, which have been raised on this subject.--The objector does not fail to remind us that the scripture often...

Further, the Apostle calls the ordinance now under consideration--_the Communion_--and partaking of it--setting at _the Table of the Lord,_ the cup--_the cup of the Lord. The cu...

_In the first place,_ the worth of the Gospel way of life and peace will deeply impress the mind contrasted with every other Religion. All the religions which have ever been in...

In order to do this subject justice, it will be necessary briefly to explain and illustrate the nature of a Gospel Church--the ends of its institution--the terms of admission in...

4thly. Is said in prophecy, of a Sabbath to be observed in Gospel-times. The most remarkable passage to this purpose, is the following, _The stone which the builders refused is...

Not only among the heathen, but even in the most enlightened parts of the christian world, there ever have been, and still are, in many, very gross misapprehensions concerning t...

To conclude all, Let us be persuaded to make it our chief concern in life to practise all the great and interesting duties of Religion:--to avoid all vicious and evil courses:--...

If, in other Lands, ecclesiastical tyranny and persecution have reigned, and the rights of conscience have been invaded and trampled upon, still in our country, there is not a s...

1. The pernicious tendency of error appears from the influence, which all principles, whether true or false, have on the life and conduct of mankind. That truth has great power...

_In the second place,_ we argue the duty from the principles of justice. Justice between man and man is a great and indispensable obligation. It is a moral Virtue of such high i...

The reason why any reject altogether the Gospel, or reproach it as a mere fiction, is because they believe that the light of natural reason or conscience is entirely adequate to...

- On page 155, change "prophecy" to "prophesy." Add a period after the list "ardour, sublimity, and purity." Change "Prayers, says a mahomatan writer, are the pillars . . ." to...

This book contains twenty-four sermons delivered to what was likely a Congregational church in Hartford, Connecticut, around 1795. Your Transcriber, a Baptist layman, obtained a...

_Another objection_ against the holy ordinances of the New-Testament, baptism and the Lord's Supper, is taken from our Lord's _washing His disciples'_ feet--_Paul's circumcising...

1st. The first argument that there is such an ordinance as water-baptism to be administered to all, who are the professed people of God, to be continued to the end of the world,...

Here it is proper to remark, that there is nothing in the fourth Commandment to militate against observing as holy time, the first day of the week. It directs us to keep as holy...