SE R M O N I. of Scoiland to form the temper, spirit, and Carlyle, D. D. of Inveresk. : ... go round about her : tell the towers p. ' ter, V. D. M. of Dumfries. glory as of the only begotten of the Fa. SERMON III. SERMON. IV. The fear of the Divine goodness. By John > Scotland, V. D. M. of Westerkirk. ZHof. iii. 5. Afterwards sall the children a of Israel. return, and seek the Lord their to God, and David their king, and shall B fear the Lord and his goodness, in the latter days. SER SERMON v. Heart - Bitterness. By Thomas Somerville, Prov. xvi. 10. The heart knoweth his Concerning the necessity of Death, and its ng ... less necessary effects. By Thomas Black- 2 Kings xx. 1. In those days was Heze. kiah fick unto death: and the prophet Isaiah "the" son of Amos came to him, and said unto him, Thus faith the Lord, Set thine house, in order, for thou shalt die, and The same subject continued . . 119 The temper," character, and duty of a mini- ster of the gospel, By William Leechman, D.D. Principal of the University of Glaf- 1 Tim. iv. 16. Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine; and continue in them : for in doing this, thou shalt both SERMON :IX. - The same subject continued :::... p. 161 SERMONX. liam Lothian, V. D. M. of the Canongate. i Sam. xvi. 7. The Lord seeth not as Man ' feeth; for Man lookėth on the outward S E R MON XI. - -, Reflections on Jesus weeping. By William Lothian, V. D. M. of the Canongate. S E R M O N XII. By William Leechman; D. D. Principal of the University of Glasgow... dom of God, the world by-wisdom knew nefs of preaching to save them that be· lieve, . p: 215 : SERMON XIII. The same subject continued P-248 SE R S E M O N XIV. The counsel of Gamaliel confidered. By Re bert Dick, D. D. of Edinburgh. Acts, v. 34: 39. Then stood there up. one in the council, a Pharisee, named --'Gamaliel, &c. .. - ..-" p. 281 SERMON XV. The influence of piety on the public good. By Alexander Gerard, D. D. of the Uni. versity of Aberdeen. . i Deut. vi. 24.– To fear the Lord our God, for our good always, ...:• . 307 SERMON XVI. Zeal for the Civil and Religious interests of "Mankind recommended. By Alexander Webster, D. D. of Edinburgh. Jerusalem, let my right band forget her: cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my . mouths if I prefer, not Jerusalem above my chief jay, . . . 328 SE R MON XVII. The same subject continued;" P:334 The tendency of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland to form the temper, fpirit, and character, of her Ministers. By ALEXANDER CARLYLE, D.D. Preached at the opening of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, May 5. 1767. Psal. xlviii. 12. 13. Walk about Zion, and go round about her : tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her butwarks, consider her palaces ; that ye may tell it to the generation following. " 3 TT is an important question, What effect mom ral caufes have in forming the characters of men ? fince on that depend the utility and excellence of laws and institutions. For if natural causes solely, or chiefly, operate on the human mind ; if men are formed like plants, by the heat of the fun, and the fertility of the soil; the labours of the fage and and the legislator are in vain : but if, on the other hand, they can be moulded by discipline and laws, and may attain to dignity and virtue by the force of wise inftitutions, the best service that can poffiby be done them, is to bring them poder the power of good government, or to VOL. II. preserve |