Sermons on the following subjects ... . Would you withSt. Paul do all things, all things acceptable toGod, efteemed by men, and protitable toyourfelves ? Abide in Chriii, and he willflrengthen and enable vou to do it. Wouldyou cherifh the largeft hopes, and mollpleafing profpefts of glory, honour, and im-mortality? Tis Chrift muft be in you thehope of glory. His word gives you the promileof it, tis his fpirit muft fit you for pollen- ing .304 ^-^^ EicceJlence of the BoSfvines, ^c. Serm, i^. jng it, his friendly hand ti^iac muft finally be-ftow it. And when you remember thateternal life is the
Sermons on the following subjects ... . Would you withSt. Paul do all things, all things acceptable toGod, efteemed by men, and protitable toyourfelves ? Abide in Chriii, and he willflrengthen and enable vou to do it. Wouldyou cherifh the largeft hopes, and mollpleafing profpefts of glory, honour, and im-mortality? Tis Chrift muft be in you thehope of glory. His word gives you the promileof it, tis his fpirit muft fit you for pollen- ing .304 ^-^^ EicceJlence of the BoSfvines, ^c. Serm, i^. jng it, his friendly hand ti^iac muft finally be-ftow it. And when you remember thateternal life is the purchale of his death, youwill regard and love him as your generousBenefador, confirm and eftablifh your faithand hope in him, yield yourfelves more en-tirely to be governed by him, and confirmyour refolutions of better obedience j and withPeter fay, though with lefs confidence^ and morehumility fay it: Though all men fiould be offendedbecaufe of thee, yet will I never be offended,Though I Jhould die with thee, yet will I notdeny SERMON [ 3o5 1 SERMON XIV. On the Inftitution of* the LordsSupper, and the Author of it. I Corinthians xi. 23. For 1 have received of the Lord that ivhich alfoI have delivered unto you. That the LordJefus^ the fame night in ivhich he ivas betrayed3took bread. THE inftitution of the Lords Supper,referred to by St. Paid in tlie textjis a diftinguifhing part of the Chiiilian wor-ihip ; and the obfe^vation of it the duty andintereft of every one that would walk in allthe ftatutes and commandments of the Lordblamelefs; it will be proper to conilder it inits original appointment, in order to ur:der-ftand the real nature and defio;n of it j thatwe may neither exalt it above its proper placeand value, on the one hand ; nor eive it a lefslliare in our- efleem, than it deferves, on theether. Vol. IV. X The 306 On the Inftitution of the Lord^s Serm. 14, The only one of the twelve Apoflles ofChrift who takes notice of this appointment,is St. Matthew, who te
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