OLIVER & BOYD, JOHN ANDERSON, ALEXANDER MACREDIE, AND JOHN LINDSAY & CO.; SMITH, ELDER, & CO.

LONDON; AND D. ROBERTSON, GLASGOW.

1834.

PODL

Printed by Oliver & Boyd,

Tweeddale Court, High Street, Edinburgh.

CONTENTS.

Biographical Memoir of the Rev. John Johnston.........

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SERMON I.

PROVERBS, VI. 6.—" Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways,

and be wise.".......

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SERMON II.

Matthew, v. 20.—" I say unto you, That except your righteousness

shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall

in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”.

SERMON III.

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2 CORINTHIANS, v. 17.-" If any man be in Christ, he is a new

creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become

new.".

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SERMON IV.

1 JOHN, ii. 5." Hereby know we that we are in him."...............91

SERMON V.

DANIEL, iii. 18.-" Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not

serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set

up.........

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SERMON VI.

Acts, xxvi. 8.—“Why should it be thought a thing incredible with

you, that God should raise the dead ?”.

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SERMON VII.

JAMES, i. 13.-" Let no man say, when he is tempted, I am tempted

of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he

any man.

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SERMON VIII.

2 Kings, v. 12.—" Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus,

better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and

be clean ?".

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SERMON IX.

2 KINGS, v. 18.—" In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that

when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there,

and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rim-

mon; when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord

pardon thy servant in this thing. And he said unto him, Go in

peace."..

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SERMON X.

MALACHI, i. 6.—" A son honoureth his father, and a servant his

master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a

master, where is my fear ?"........

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SERMON XI.

PHILIPPIANS, iii. 3.-" We are the circumcision, which worship God

in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in

the flesh."..
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SERMON XII.

MARK, X. 21, 22.-" Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him, and said

unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou

hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:

and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at

that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great posses-

sions.".

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