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FOR J. OGLE; M. OGLE, GLASGOW; OGLES, DUNCAN & COCHRAN, LONDON; AND T. JOHNSTONE, DUBLIN.
1814.
LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS
OF THE
PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS,
Drawn from the Exposition of the Texts, which are handled and improved in this Volume.
CHAPTER VI.
VERSE 1.
Doctrine
1. It is the duty of ministers of the gospel to take care, not only
that the doctrine which they preach be true, but also that it be
seasonable with respect to the state and condition of their
hearers,
2. Some important doctrines of truth may, in the preaching of
the gospel, be omitted for a season, but none must ever be for-
gotten or neglected,
3. It is a necessary duty of the dispensers of the gospel, to excite
their hearers, by all pressing considerations, to make a progress
in the knowledge of the truth,
4. The case of that people is deplorable and dangerous, whose
teachers are not able to carry them on in the knowledge of the
mysteries of the gospel,
5. In our progress towards an increase in knowledge, we ought to
go on with diligence, and the full bent of our wills and affec-
tions,
VERSES 1, 2.
1. There is no interest in Christ, or Christian religion, to be ob-
tained, without repentance from dead works; nor any orderly
entrance into a gospel church-state, without a credible profes-
sion thereof,
2. Faith in God, as to the accomplishing of the great promise in
sending his Son Jesus Christ to save us from our sins, is the great
fundamental principle of our interest in, and profession of, the
gospel,
3. The consideration of the accomplishment of this promise, is a
great encouragement and support to faith, with respect to all
other promises of God,
4. The doctrine of the resurrection is a fundamental principle of
the gospel, the faith whereof is indispensably necessary unto the
obedience and consolation of all that profess it,
5. Ministers of the gospel ought to dwell greatly on the consider-
ation of this principle, as it is represented in its terror and glory,
that they may be excited and stirred up to deal effectually with
the souls of men, that they fall not under the vengeance of
that day,
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