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SERIES
OF
LECTURE SERMONS,
DELIVERED AT THE
SECOND UNIVERSALIST MEETING,
IN BOSTON.
BY HOSEA BALLOU, PASTOR.
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THIRD ED. STEREOTYPED.
REVISED BY THE AUTHOR.
"Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they
which testify of me."-Jesus Christ.
Let us go on to perfection."-St. Paul.
BOSTON:
A. TOMPKINS.
BX 9943 'B3
54. 1848 Cop./
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, by MARSH, CAPEn & Lyon,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
1430 19-4
CONTENTS.
LECTURE I.
The Objects of Salvation: and its nature.
1 Timothy, 1. 15.-" This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;
of whom I am chief."
LECTURE II.
The Divine Character the source of all the grace
manifested in the gospel: And the standard for our imi-
tation.
Matthew, v. 84.
Be ye, therefore, perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect."
LECTURE III.
The Law, consistent with the Promises.
20
Galatians, iii. 21.-"Is the law then against the promises of
God? God forbid."
LECTURE IV.
Love, the centre of all the Divine attributes.
1 John, iv. 16.-"God is love."
LECTURE V.
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Man originally made subject to vanity and to hope.
Romans, viii. 20.-"For the creature was made subject to vanity,
not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in
hope."
LECTURE VI.
Salvation impartial and universal.
61
Isaiah, xxv. 6, 7, 8.-" And in this mountain shall the Lord of
hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on
the lees; of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well re-
fined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the cover-
ing cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he
take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it." 75
LECTURE VII.
The burning up of the proud and of all that do wick-
edly.
Malachi, iv. 1.—" For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as
an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be
stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the
Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch."
LECTURE VIII.
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The story of Joseph, an illustration of Christ's king-
dom.
Deuteronomy, xxxiii, 16, 17.- -"Let the blessing come upon the
head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was sepa-
rated from his brethren. His glory is like the firstling of his bul-
lock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he
shall push the people together to the ends of the earth; and they
are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of
Manasseh."
LECTURE IX.
The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.
103
Matthew, xii. 31, 32." Wherefore I say unto you, All manner
of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphe-
my against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be for-
given him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall
not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to
come."
LECTURE X.
The Scripture doctrine of election.
117
Romans, xi. 7.-What then? Israel hath not obtained that which
he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were
blinded.
LECTURE XI.
132
God reconciling the world unto himself through
Christ.
2d. Corinthians, v. 18, 19, 20.-And all things are of God, who
hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us
the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, rec-
onciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto
them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now
then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech
you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to
God.
LECTURE XII.
All men drawn to Christ.
145
John, xii. 32.-" And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will
draw all men unto me."
160