TO THE MOST HONOURABLE THE MARCHIONESS-DOWAGER OF LOTHIAN, THE FOLLOWING SERMONS ARE INSCRIBED, MOST RESPECTFULLY, BY THE AUTHOR. SERMON 1. And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midf of Jerusalem, and fet a mark upon the foreheads of the men that figh, and that cry, for all the abominations that be done Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully set in them to We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants, Who is the image of the invisible God, the firf-born of every creature : for by him were all things created that are in hea- ven, and that are in earth, visible and Page all things were created by him, and for bim. And he is before all things, and by him all things confift. And be 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, 86 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, 109 S E R M ON VI. 1 PETER i. 20, 21. Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest 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. 1 JOHN v. 11. This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son, 159 SER |