CONTENTS. THE GLORY OF THE PRIMITIVE INNOCENCE. Ecclesiastes vii. 29.-Lo, this only have I found, that God. THE NEW CREATURE, OR THE NECESSITY OF REGE- NERATION TO CONSTITUTE A CHRISTIAN. (Preached on New Year's Day, 1695.) Galatians v. 17.-The flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the II Corinthians v. 14, 15.—For the love of Christ con- straineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then are all dead: and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto them- (Preached at Lewarden, June 1, 1710.) Joshua xxiv. 15.-And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose ye this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, SERMON I. THE MYSTERIES OF PROVIDENCE. ISAIAH XLV. 15. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. WHENEVER the Bible gives a description of the Deity, or an account of any of his appearances, it almost invariably exhibits a combination of fire and cloud, of light and darkness. Does Jehovah manifest himself on Sinai? we behold, there, these two symbols of his manifestation: lightnings flash in the eyes of an affrighted people, and a cloud envelops the mountain. Does God deign to indicate his presence in the tabernacle? a cloud overspreads that pavilion by day, and a fire covers it by night. If David intend a magnificent celebration of some work of the Lord, he tells us, that "fire went out "of his mouth, and brightness was before him;" while, at the same time, "darkness was under his feet, and he made darkness his secret place: " and in another psalm, that "clouds and darkness are round about him," and a fire goeth before "hini."t I confess, it might be supposed, that the darkness and light, the cloud and fire, were united in these descriptions, merely to give us a grand and awful |