CONTENTS.

SERMΟΝ Ι.

Introductory view of the Advent of the
Meffiah, and of the Coming of his Kingdom.

This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached

in all the world, for a witness unto all

nations; and then shall the end come.

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SERMON III.

On the appearance of false Christs and

false Prophets; with some remarks on the

evidence of Prophecy and Miracles.

MATT. XXIV. 4, 5.

Take heed that no man deceive you. For many

shall come in my name, saying, I am Chrift ;

and shall deceive many.

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IV.

On the Signs of wrath, and the Com-

mencement of troubles.

МАТТ. XXIV. 8.

All these are the beginning of forrows.

SERMON V.

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On the providential Deliverance of the

Christians.

LUKE XXI. 20, 21.

When ye shall fee ferufalem compassed with

armies, then know that the defolation thereof

is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea

flee to the mountains.

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SERMON VI.

On the miseries of the Siege, and the final

Desolation of the City and the Temple.

LUKE XIX. 41, 42, 43, 44.

And when he was come near, he beheld the city

and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst

known, even thou, at least in this thy day,

the things which belong unto thy peace! but

now they are hid from thine eyes. For the

days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies

Shall caft a trench about thee, and compass thee

round, and keep thee in on every fide, and

Shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy

children within thee; and they shall not leave

in thee one ftone upon another; because thou

knewest not the time of thy visitation. 183

SERMON

VII.

On the future Conversion of the Jews.

I would not, brethren, that ye should be igno-

rant of this mystery (left ye should be wife in

your own conceits)

that blindness in part is

happened to Ifrael,

until the fulness of the

Gentiles be come in.

And fo all Ifrael shall

be saved.

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SERMON VIII.

Recapitulation, with reflections and in-
ferences.

JOHN XIV. 29.

I have told you before it come to pass, that
when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

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Thy kingdom come.

HE kingdom of God is an expression which has different acceptations in

holy scripture*. It denotes his eternal and his spiritual dominion; that sovereign power, which the Creator of all things exerciseth over the works of his hands, and that state of grace and salvation, which was established in the world by Jesus Christ. The former, it is evident, is neither fubject to

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Βασιλειας τε Θες δυο οιδεν ἡ γραφη, την μεν κατ οικειωσιν, την δε κατα δημιεργιαν. βασιλευει μεν γαρ άπαντων-κατα τον της δημιουργιας λογον βασιλευει δε των πιςων – κατα τον της οικειωσεως. Chryfoft. Hom. 39. in 1 Cor. Tom. III. p. 509. 1. 12. ed. Savil. διπλη ή το Σωτηρος βασίλεια· ή μεν προαιωνιος τὴ αρχη, γκ εχέσα, ἡ δε μετα τες αιώνας, αρχην απο της οικονομιας λαμβανεσα. Id. T. v. p. 681. 1.10.