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EDINBURGH:
FRINTED BY JOHNSTONE AND HUNTER,
104 HIGH STREET.
PREFACE
CONTENTS.
PAGE
ix
CHAPTER I.
Jonah's era-His warrant and rule-The Word and its
blessings-The commission-Privilege neglected, and
therefore withdrawn-The Gospel and its grace-A
great city and great crime-The moral aspects of a
large city-The remedy-"The foolishness of God is
wiser than men "
15-27
CHAPTER II.
God's will and man's in conflict-The truth of God-The
perversions of man-From whom did Jonah flee?-And
why?-Selfishness-Sectarianism-Sin the same in all
ages-The sinfulness of sin-Its folly-The misery of
sin-The secret of our strength-The soul satisfied
CHAPTER III.
The wind God's messenger-The wanderer reclaimed-The
means-Our trials are our mercies-The shipwreck ex-
plained-Superstition and its gropings-Man's religion
vanishes away-Prayer without means is superstition
-The sinner sleeps out the storm-Conscience seared,
because God forgotten-The covert-The rock-The
ark
28-40
41-51
vi
CHAPTER IV.
The religion of natural conscience-Its insufficiency-The
fugitive seized-Sin detected and the sinner unmasked
-Guilt proportioned to light-The inquest-The ap-
plication-" The way of transgressors is hard"-The
confession-The safety of the man of God.
CHAPTER V.
A heathen's expostulation with a believer-The remon-
strance-Lessons which heathens may teach-The at-
tempted compromise-The sleeper awake-The power
of conscience-Self abased-The Saviour exalted-
Man's love opposing God's will, and therefore baffled
-The blessedness of submission.
CHAPTER VI.
The sacrifice-The result-Sowing the wind-Reaping the
whirlwind-Resistance and misery-The enemy spared
-The children "scourged "-The vows and sacrifices
-The lessons-The miracle-Infidelity-Its causes-
Jehovah sovereign-His ways not ours
CHAPTER VII.
Godliness developed by suffering-Prayer restrained-Sin
consummated-Prayer a fruit of affliction-Affliction
working righteousness-Sorrow hardens unless grace
be with it" Praying always "-The man of prayer a
man of God-Jonah saved from himself-The cross
precedes the crown-Hope springing from tribulation
CHAPTER VIII.
A contrast-Trial blessed, and the reverse-Tokens for
good-Hoping against hope-The gates of Zion lovely
-Misery the shadow of sin-Hope for the despairing
-Simple faith appropriating-The goodness of God's
house
52-62
63-74
75-85
86-96
. 97-106
The penitent's stay-The sinner like the somnambulist-The
ark-The pillar of cloud and of fire-The aged believer
dying " Behold he prayeth "-The apples of Sodom-
The chief good of man-" Salvation is of the Lord "—
The Psalms of David-The songs of Zion.
CHAPTER X.
The commission renewed-The wanderer reclaimed-The
training of faith-The preacher's commission-The
prophet's lesson-Simple faith in action-The true
theory of preaching - Corruptions of the truth-
"The law and the testimony "-The folly of man's
devices-Encouragements and warnings-The divine
alternatives
CHAPTER XI.
Contrasts-The blessedness of affliction-The path of safety
-Man's true dignity and wisdom-The magnitude of
Nineveh-Layard's Nineveh-God honoured and man
happy-The trial of faith and its triumph-The s
plicity of Jonah's message-The reward of ever
ance-The city of refuge
-The province of hope-The respite over-The execu-
cution
CHAPTER XIV.
155-165
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The relapse-Nature paramount Mercy challenged-
Jonah's case often paralleled-The sinful prayer-Past
sin defended-Are we different from Jonah ?-The
willing people-The reason-The application
CHAPTER XV.
Self-knowledge is saving knowledge-The love of life-The
suicide-Desiring to depart-Affections set on things
above-Sorrows from God soothed-Sorrows from self
unsoothed-The appeal-All Scripture our rule
CHAPTER XVI.
God and man in contrast-The booth-Its lessons-The
gourd-Analogies-A retrospect-The prophet's joy-
Its lessons-The blessings of tribulation-The withered
gourd The sovereignty of grace
CHAPTER XVII.
The glad tidings of great joy-Sorrows multiplied-Sin and
sorrow inseparably linked-Sin punished by sin-The
rod without the Spirit-The lesson of the book of Jonah
-The free Spirit of God-The folly of sin-Infant sal-
vation-Mercy to the beasts which perish--The con-
clusion
166-175
176-185
186-196
197-208