THE

SERMONS,

AND OTHER

PRACTICAL WORKS,

Of the Late REVEREND and LEARNED

MR. RALPH ERSKINE, Α.Μ.

Minister of the Gospel in DuNFERMLINE.

CONSISTING OF

Above One Hundred and Fifty SERMONS,
befides his POETICAL PIECES.

IN TEN LARGE VOLUMES OCTAVO.

To which is prefixed,

An ACCOUNT of the AUTHOR'S LIFE and WRITINGS,
with an ELEGIAC POEM, and large CONTENTS.

I am fet for the defence of the gospel, PHILIP. i. 17.

VOL. IX.

FALKIRK:

PRINTED BY PATRICK MAIR,

For the Revd. JOHN STEWART, HUGH MITCHELL, Bookfeller,
and PETER MUIRHEAD, Merchant, the Publishers.

M.DCC.XCVI.

THE

CONTENTS.

SERMON CXXXIX, CXL.

THE Believer's internal Witness; or, the certain Evi-

dence of true Faith,

Page 9

I JOHN V. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God, batb

the witness in himself.

After a copious introduction, in which the connection is traced, the
words analized and explained, and a doctrinal propofition laid down,
the following general heads of method are profecuted, viz.

1. What this faith is, enquired into,

14

2. What is that evidence and witness it carries along with it, opened, 16

3. What this witness doth depone and attest,

19

4. What is the property and quality of this witness,

23

5. The reasons why true faith hath this witness along with it,

25

Ufe (t.) Of information, in fix inferences,

27

(2.) Of examination, in several evidences,

ibid.

1. General marks of trial, in five particulars,

30

2. Particular marks, in refpect to the several ways of witnessing, 32

How the Spirit witnesseth, in fix respects,

ib.

40

43

ib.

49

52

ib.

53

How he witnesseth by blood, in four instances,

How he witnesseth by water,

He doth it in respect of mortification,

Sundry questions propounded and folved,

He doth it by vindication, in five refpects,

(3.) Of exhortation, both to Sinners and Saints,

1. To unbelievers,

2. To believers, in four particulars,

SERMON CXLI.

Tile Repose and Repast of Faith, under the Shady and

Fruitful Tree of Life,

60

SONG ii. 3. -I fat down under bis shadow with great

delight; and bis fruit was sweet to my taste.

62

The words being viewed in their connection and scope, and a doctrine
raised from them, the following heads of method are proposed, viz.

1. To confider the cafe of the believer, here supposed,

2. To speak of the object of faith, viz. Christ as a shadow and shelter, 66

3. To fpeak of the astof faith, as it is afitting down under this shadow, 71

4. To view the manner of faith's acting, Sitting down with great delight, 76