TO

THE MOST HONOURABLE

THE MARCHIONESS-DOWAGER

OF LOTHIAN,

THE FOLLOWING SERMONS

ARE INSCRIBED,

MOST RESPECTFULLY,

BY

THE AUTHOR.

SERMON I.

EZEKIEL ix. 4.

And the Lord faid unto him, Go through

the midst of the city, through the midst

of Ferufalem, and fet a mark upon the

foreheads of the men that figh, and that

cry, for all the abominations that be done

in the midst thereof,

ECCLESIASTES viii. II.

Because sentence against an evil work is

not executed speedily; therefore the heart

of the fons of men is fully fet in them to

2 CORINTHIANS iv. 5.

We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus

the Lord; and ourselves your fervants,

SERMON IV.:

COLOSSIANS i. 15,-19.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the

first-born of every creature : for by him

were all things created that are in hea-

ven, and that are in earth, visible and

invisible, whether they be thrones, or

dominions, or principalities, or powers :

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all things were created by him, and for

him. And he is before all things, and

by him all things consist. And he is the

head of the body, the church: who is

the beginning, the first-born from the

dead; that in all things he might have

the pre-eminence. For it pleased the

Father, that in him should all fulness

dwell,

SERMON V.

2 CORINTHIANS viii. 9.

Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ, that though he was rich, yet for

your fakes he became poor, that ye through

his poverty might be rich,

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Who verily was foreordained before the

foundation of the world, but was mani-

fest in these last times for you; who by

him do believe in God that raised him

up from the dead, and gave him glory,

that your faith and hope might be in God, 137

SERMON VII.

I JOHN V. II.

This is the record, that God hath given to

us eternal life; and this life is in his Son, 159