EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED, IN A SERIES OF SERMONS; BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT, S. T. D. LL. D LATE PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE. WITH A MEMOIR OP THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. IN FOUR VOLUMES. NINTH EDITION. VOL. III. NEW HAVEN: 180 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 1836. CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. Page Prov. iv. 18. 15 27 41 33 SERMON XCII. The Law of God. The First Great Commandment: Love SERMON XCIII. The Law of God. The First Great Commandment: Rey- 73 SERMON XCIV. The Law of God. The First Great Commandment: Hu- SERMON XCV. The Law of God. The First Great Commandment: Re- 97 SERMON XCVI. The Law of God. The Second Great Commandment: Love to our Neighbour.-Mark xii. 31. SERMON XCVII. The Law of God. The Second Great Commandment: The Effects of Benevolence on Personal Happiness.-Acts xx. 35. SERMON XCVIII. The Law of God. The Second Great Commandment: The Effects of Benevolence on Public Happiness.-Acts xx. 35. 136 SERMON XCIX. The Law of God. The Second Great Commandment: Utility the Foundation of Virtue.-Acts xx. 35. SERMON C. The Law of God. Comprehended in the Decalogue : The SERMON CI. The Law of God. The Second Commandment.-Ex. XX. 174 SERMON CII. The Law of God. The Third Commandment: The Na- ture of Profaneness.—Ex. xx. 7. SERMON CIII. The Law of God. The Third Commandment: The Guilt SERMON CIV. The Law of God. The Third Commandment: The Danger SERMON CV. The Fourth Commandment. The Perpetuity of the Sab- SERMON CVI. The Fourth Commandment. The Perpetuity and Change SERMON CVII. The Fourth Commandment. Objections answered.--Heb. . Page SERMON CVIII. The Fourth Commandment. The Manner in which the Sabbath is to be observed. — Is. Iviii. 18, 14. SERMON CIX. The Fourth Commandment. Reflections on the Sabbath, IERMON CX. The Fifth Commandment. The Duty of Children.-Ex. SERMON CXI. The Fifth Commandment. The Duty of Parents.—Prov. SERMON CXII. The Fifth Commandment. The Duty of Parents.-Prod. SERMON CXIII. The Fifth Commandment. The Duty of Rulers.-Ex. SERMON CXIV. The Fifth Commandment. The Duty of Subjects.-Er. SERMON CXV. The Sixth Commandment.-Killing; when Lawful; and 347 SERMON CXVI. The Sixth Commandment. Duelling.—Ex. xx. 13. 357 SERMON CXVII. The Sixth Commandment. Suicide.-Ex. XX. 13. 369 SERMON CXVIII. The Eighth Commandment. Drunkenness.-Eph. v. 18. 382 SERMON CXIX. The Seventh Commandment. The Origin, Nature, and 395 SERMON CXX. The Seventh Commandment. Lewdness.—Ex. xx. 14. 407 SERMON CXXI. The Seventh Commandment. Polygamy, Divorce.- SERMON CXXII. The Eighth Commandment. Idleness. Prodigality.- SERMON CXXIII. The Eighth Commandment. Fraud.-Ex. xx. 15. 448 SERMON CXXIV. The Eighth Commandment. Gaming.—Ex. xx. 15. 462 SERMON CXXV. The Ninth Commandment. The Nature and Importance 474 SERMON CXXVI. The Ninth Commandment The Nature and Causes of SERMON CXXVII, The Ninth Commandment. The Mischiefs and Pre- 496 SERMON CXXVIII. The Ninth Commandment. Slander.--Ex. xx, 16. 614 SERMON CXXIX The Tenth Commandment. Contentment.--Ex. xx. 17. 526 SERMON CXXX. The Tenth Commandment. Charity.-1 Tim. vi. 17-19. 537 SERMON CXXXI. The Tenth Commandment. Avarice.-1 Tim. vi. 9, 12, 348 SERMON LXXXVII. CONSEQUENCES OF REGENERATION.-PERSEVERANCE. PROVERBS iv. 18.—The path of the just is as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. IN the preceding discourse I observed that the text naturally teaches us the following doctrines : 1. That the holiness of the Christian is a beautiful object; II. That it increases as he advances in life; III. That it continues to the end. The two first of these doctrines I have already examined. I will now proceed to a consideration of the third. As this doctrine has been, and still is, vigorously disputed; it will be necessary to make it the subject of a particular examination. In doing this I shall first adduce several arguments as a direct proof of the doctrine; and shall then answer the principal objections. 1st. It is irrational to suppose, that God would leave a work, towards which so much has been done, unaccomplished. To effectuate the salvation of such as believe in Christ, God has sent him, to become incarnate, to live a life of humiliation and suffering, and to die upon the cross. He has raised him from the dead, exalted him at his own right hand, and constituted him, at once, an Intercessor for his children, and the Head over all things unto the Church. He has also sent the Spirit of grace, to complete, by his almighty energy, this work of infinite mercy, in sanctifying, enlightening, and quickening, the soul, and conducting it to heaven. Now, let me ask, Is it not in the nature of the case incredible, that JEHOVAH should commence, and carry on, this work, with such an amazing apparatus of labour and splendour, and leave it unfinished? Is it not incredible, that an Omniscient and Omnipotent Being should form a purpose of this nature; should discover in this wonderful manner, that he had it so much at heart; and should yet suffer himself to be frustrated in the end? Who can reconcile this supposition with the perfections of God? 2dly. The continuance of saints in holiness follows irresistibly from their Election. It is unnecessary for the purposes of this discourse, that I should .inquire into the metaphysical nature of Election. It is sufficient for my design, that saints are declared, abundantly throughout the Scriptures, to be chosen of God. Thus, Rev. xvii. 14, the Angel declares to John concerning the followers of the Lamb, that they |
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