EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED,

IN A

SERIES OF SERMONS;

BY

TIMOTHY DWIGHT, S.T.D. L.L.D.

LATE PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE.

WITH

A MEMOIR

OF

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

Middletown, Conn.

PRINTED BY CLARK & LYMAN,

FOR TIMOTHY DWIGHT, NEW-HAVEN.

........

1819.

CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.

SERMON CXL.

The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Usefulness of Prayer

to Individuals. -1 Thess. v. 17.

Page.

1

The Ordinary Means of Grace. The usefulness of Prayer

to Communities. - Psalm lxxiii. 28.

SERMON CXLIII.

The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Objections to Prayer

considered. Job xxi. 15.

SERMON CXLIV.

The Ordinary Means of Grace. Forms of Prayer.-Matth.

vi. 9-13.

SERMON CXLV.

The Ordinary Means of Grace. Intercourse with Religious

Men. Prov. xiii. 20.

SERMON CXLVI.

The Ordinary Means of Grace. Religious Meditation.---

Prov. iv. 26.

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34

50

63

81

100

SERMON CXLVII.

The Ordinary Means of Grace. The Duty of Educating

Children religiously. Objections. Prov. xxii. 6.

SERMON CXLVIII.

The Ordinary Means of Grace.

The Manner in which Re-

ligious Education is to be conducted. Motives to this

Duty.-Prov. xxii. 6.

SERMON CXLIX.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Character of

Members of the Church.-2 Cor. vi. 14.

114

129

148

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The End, Nature,

and Subjects of Preaching. - Matth. xxviii. 19.

SERMON CLIII.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Manner of

Preaching.-Matth. xxviii. 19.

SERMON CLIV.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Various duties of

Ministers.-1 Thess. iii. 2.

SERMON CLV.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Officers of the Church.

Deacons. Acts vi. 1-6.

184

200

217

235

252

1

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Ordinances of

the Church. Baptism. Its Reality and Intention.-

Matth. xxviii. 19.

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268

SERMON CLVII.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Objections

against Infant Baptism answered. -Matth. xxviii. 19. 286

SERMON CLVIII.

for Infant Baptism. --Matth. xxviii. 19.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. Direct Arguments

302

SERMON CLIX.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. No Infants but the

Children of Believers proper subjects of Baptism.

Mode of Administration.-Acts ii. 38, 39.

SERMON CLX.

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321

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Lord's Supper;

Its Nature and Design. The Qualifications of Com-

municants.-Mark xiv. 22-25.

SERMON CLXI.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Lord's Supper.

Disposition with which it is to be attended; and Mo-

tives to the Attendance. - Mark xiv. 22-25.

SERMON CLXII.

The Extraordinary Means of Grace. The Discipline of the

Church.-Matth. xviii. 15-18.

343

363

384

The immediate Consequences of Death.-Eccl. xii. 7.

407

424