THE

SERMONS,

AND OTHER

PRACTICAL WORKS,

Of the Late REVEREND and LEARNED

MR. RALPH ERSKINE, Α. Μ.

Minister of the Gospel in DUNFERMLINE.

CONSISTING OF

Above One Hundred and Fifty SERMONS,
befides his POETICAL PIECES.

IN TEN LARGE VOLUMES OCTAVO,

To which is prefixed,

An ACCOUNT of the AUTHOR'S LIFE and WRITINGS,
with an ELEGIAC POEM, and large CONTENTS.

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, Rom. i. 16.

VOL. VII.

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THE

CONTENTS.

SERMON CVII, CVIII.

The Commencement of all Saving Blessings,

HAG. ii. 19. From this day will I bless you.

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The words being confidered in their connection, divided and explained,
and the spiritual meaning contained in them given in a doctrinal

- proposition, the following topics are discussed, viz.

4. The day described in which the foundation is laid, and from which

bleffings take their date,

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5. What the blessings are which commence from this day,

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6. It is proved that saving blessings do commence from that day, 36

7. The application of the whole subject, in several ufes,

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Ufe (1.) Of information, in four inferences,

ibid

(2.) Of exhortation, in fix particulars,

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(3.) Of examination, both to unbelievers and believers,

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Glad Tidings in Sad Times; or, the City of God,

in Times of Trouble and Confufion, watered with

the river of Confolation,

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PSALM Xlvi 4. There is a river, the streams whereof

make glad the city of God.

After a brief introduction, clear analization, and fuccinct explication
of the words, and a doctrinal proposition raised from them, the fol-
lowing heads of method are proposed, viz.

1. To speak of the city of God,

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2. To thew what these sad times are, that put the city of God in con-

fufion,

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3. To enquire what grounds of encouragement the city of God hath

in these sad times,

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4. To deduce some inferences for the application,

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Ufe (1.) Of information, in three particulars,

ibid.

(2.) Of examination, in seven particulars,

(3.) Of exhortation, to three forts of perfons,