THE

SERMONS,

AND OTHER

PRACTICAL WORKS,

Of the Late REVEREND and LEARNED

MR. RALPH ERSKINE, A. M.

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 fet for the defence of the gospel, PHILIP. i. 17.

VOL. IX.

FALKIRK;

PRINTED BY PATRICK MAIR,

For the Revd. JOHN STEWART, HUGH MITCHELL, Bookfeller,

and PETER MUIRHEAD,Merchant, the Publishers.

M.DCC.XCVI.

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THE

CONTENTS.

S Ε R Μ ΟΝ

CXXXIX, CXL.

THE Believer's internal Witnefs; or, the certain Evi-

dence of true Faith,
Page 9

I JOHN V. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God, bath

the witnefs in himself.

After a copious introduction, in which the connection is traced, the
words analized and explained, and a doctrinal propofition laid down,
the following general heads of method are profecuted, viz.

1. What this faith is, enquired into,

14

2. What is that evidence and witnefs it carries along with it, opened, 16

3. What this witnefs doth depone and atteft,

19

4. What is the property and quality of this witnefs,

23

25

5. The reafons why true faith hath this witnefs along with it,

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

27

(2.) Of examination, in feveral evidences,

ibid.

i. General marks of trial, in five particulars,

30

2. Particular marks, in refpect to the feveral ways of witneffing, 32

How the Spirit witneffeth, in fix respects,

ib.

40

How he witneffeth by blood, in four inftances,

How he witnesseth by water,

43

He doth it in refpect of mortification,

Sundry queftions propounded and folved,

He doth it by vindication, in five refpects,

(3.) Of exhortation, both to Sinners and Saints,

1. To unbelievers,

2. To believers, in four particulars,

SERMON

CXLI.

The Repofe and Repaft of Faith, under the Shady and

Fruitful Tree of Life,

60

SONG ii. 3. I fat down under bis fhadow with

delight; and bis fruit was fweet to my taste.

ib.

49

ib.

52

ib.

53

great

The words being viewed in their connection and scope, and a doctrine
raifed from them, the following heads of method are propofed, viz.

1. To confider the cafe of the believer, here fuppofed,

62

2. To speak of the object of faith, viz. Christ as a shadow and shelter, 66

3. To speak of the actof faith, as it is afitting down under this shadow, 71

4. To view the manner of faith's acting, Sitting down with great delight, 46