TO THE WORTHY AND RESPECTED

MEMBERS OF THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE

ROYAL UNIVERSITY AT BERLIN,

DRS A. D. CHR. TWESTEN,

PHIL. MARHEINECKE,

AUG. NEANDER,

E. W. HENGSTENBERG,

FR. STRAUSsz,

THIS WORK,

IS, WITH GRATEFUL REVERENCE AND SINCEREST LOVE,

DEDICATED,

BY THE

AUTHOR.

SERMON IV.

THE ZEAL IN PRAYER OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS,

SERMON V.

THE WORTHY VIEW OF THEIR CALLING HELD BY THE EARLY

CHRISTIANS,..

.......

SERMON III.

THE LIFE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS A LIFE OF LOVE,............ 30

SERMON VI.

THE EARNESTNESS OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS IN FORSAKING

THE WORLD,...

SERMON VII.

THE EARNESTNESS OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS IN FORSAKING

THE WORLD,

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ix

XV

SERMON VIII.

THE CONDUCT OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS IN TIMES OF PER-

SECUTION,........................

1

16

44

58

71

85

99

SERMON IX.

THE CONDUCT OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS UNDER PERSECUTION, 112

SERMON X.

THE CONDUCT OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS IN THE SUFFERINGS

OF THIS WORLD,.

SERMON XI.

THE CEREMONIES WITH WHICH THE EARLY CHRISTIANS

SOLEMNIZED THE MEMORY OF THE DEPARTED,.................... 140

SERMON XII.

THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS,...

SERMON XIV.

OF THE DIVINE SERVICES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

SERMON XV.

OF THE DIVINE SERVICES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

SERMON XVI.

OF THE DIVINE SERVICES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

SERMON XIII.

THE HOLY SEASONS IN THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,...... 166

...........

SERMON XX.

THE FAMILY LIFE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS,

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126

SERMON XIX.

THE PUBLIC AND CIVIL LIFE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS,.

QUOTATIONS FROM THE FATHERS,..

152

........... 192

APPENDIX.

ES OF THE LIVES AND ACTIONS OF THE TEACHERS

E CHURCH INTRODUCED IN THE FOREGOING DIS-

¿S,..

SERMON XVII.

OF THE NATURE OF PENANCE IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 221

179

SERMON XVIII.

OF THE NATURE OF PENANCE IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 233

207

247

261

277

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