ness, hoping that it will be equally acceptable
with those which have preceded it.

The principal design of this work is to suggest
ideas to those Preachers whose situation renders
it impracticable for them to peruse those works
from which a great part of them are extracted ;
being fully persuaded, that if read with prayer
and meditation, they will be of service to them-
selves, and a blessing to others.

That the whole may be rendered useful, espe cially to YOUNG MINISTERS, for, whom it principally, designed,. is the sincere wish of

Their companion in tribulation, in the

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Chelmsford,
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JAMES ANDERSON.

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CONTENTS.

Rules to assist in the Composition of a Sermon.

The Existence of God.

The fool hath said in his heart, &c.-Ps. xiv. 1.

The Omnipresence of God.

Whither shall I go from, &c.-Ps. cxxxix. 7.

The Eternity of God.

Before the mountains were brought, &c.-Ps. xc. 2.

The Wisdom of God.

To God only wise-Rom. xvi. 27.

The Holiness of God.

Who is like unto thee, glorious in holiness?-

Ex. xv. 11..

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The Power of God.

But the thunder of his power who, &c.—Job xxvi. 14. 57

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The Goodness of God.
There is none good but one, &c.-Mark x. 18.

The Dominion of God.

And his kingdom ruleth over all.-Ps. ciii. 19. ·

The Long-suffering of God.

The Lord is long-suffering, &c.--2 Pet. iii. 9.

The Divine Authority of the Scriptures.

All scripture is given by, &c.-2 Tim. iii. 16

The Perfection of the Scriptures.

But thy commandment is, &c.-Ps. txix. 96.

The Excellency of the Scriptures.
We have also a more sure word, &c.-2 Pet. i. 19.

The Moral Perfections of God.

The Knowledge of God by the Light of Nature.
The living God which made, &c.-Acts xiv. 15-17.

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Of God, and his Natural Perfections.

God is a spirit-John iv. 24.

Your Father is perfect--Matt. v. 48.

The Lord hath prepared, &e.--Ps. ciii. 19.

The Providence of God in the Natural World.

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Of God, as the Governor of the Moral World.

And he doth according, &c.-Dan. iv. 35.

He is the Mediator of a better covenant-

Heb. viii. 6.

The Excellency of the Gospel Dispensation.

Of the Law of God.

Wherefore the law is holy, &c.-Rom. vii. 19.

Of the Gospel.

The gospel of the grace of God-Acts xx. 24.

Of the Incarnation of Christ.

God manifested in the flesh-1 Tim. iii. 16.

The Sufferings, Death, &c. of Christ.

For Christ also hath once suffered-1 Pet. iii. 18.

Of the Pardon of Sin.

There is forgiveness with thee-P8. cxxx. 4.

The Resurrection of Christ.

To whom also he shewed himself, &c.-Acts i. 2, 3.

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Of Repentance.

Godly sorrow worketh repentance, &c.-2 Cor. vii.

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The wicked is driven away, &c.-Prov. xiv. 32.

Ministration of Angels.

Are they not all ministering spirits, &c.-Heb. i. 14. . 231

The Certainty of Death.

I know that thou wilt bring me, &c.—Job xxx. 23. 235.

The Difference between the Righteous and the

Wicked in their Death.

The Immortality of the Soul.

And he became a living soul-Gen. ii. 7.

The Conflagration of the Universe.

Seeing that all these things, &c.-2 Pet. iii, 11.

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The Sovereignty of Jesus Christ in the Church.

None of us liveth to himself, &c.-Rom. xiv. 7, 8.

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