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ON THE

SPIRITUAL COMFORT AND ASSURANCE

ATTAINABLE BY OBEDIENCE

AND

CONFORMITY TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST:

ADAPTED TO MEMORY.

WITH

AN ESSAY

ON THE USE OF MEMORY AS A MEANS OF GRACE.

BY
HENRY ERSKINE HEAD, M.A.

'RECTOR OF FENITON, DEVON,

AND CHAPLAIN TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD,

AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

1832.

LONDON: GILBERT & RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

St. John's SQUARE.

LECA.

YNS

CONTENT S.

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ESSAY ON THE USE OF MEMORY AS A MEANS OP Grace

ADVERTISEMENT,..........

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SERMON I.

CONVICTION OF SIN NECESSARY TO OUR RECEIVING COMFORT

FROM THE HOLY GHOST.

Psalm li. 1.
Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones

which Thou hast broken may rejoice

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45

SERMON II.

EVANGELICAL PROPHECY APPLICABLE TO THE PARTICULAR CASE

OF EVERY CONVERTED SINNER.

ISAIAH xlii. 16.

I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead

them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them ..........

52 SERMON III.

ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HEART AND TONGUE,

Luke vi. 45.

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Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh........ 61

ON THE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS OF SOULS WITH CHRIST BETWEEN

DEATH AND THE GENERAL DAY OF JUDGMENT

John xii. 26.

Where I am there shall also my servant be .......

SERMON VII.

OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST

Matt. xxvii. 20.

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have com-

manded you........

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SERMON VIII.

LIVING UNTO CHRIST.

2 Cor. v. 15.

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He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live

unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them and rose

again...

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SERMON IX.

REJOICING IN CHRIST.

HABAKKUK iii. 17, 18.

Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in

the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall

yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and

there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in the

Lord .....

......... 107

SERMON X.

THE FRIENDSHIP OF CHRIST.

John xv. 14.

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you........ 114

SERMON XI.

THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

Song of Solomon ii. 10, 11, 12.

My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair,

one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is

over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth ; the time of

the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is

heard in our land ........

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