of such salvation. John 3:16. Rom. 5:8. [2.] How we should
feel and act in view of the amazing love of Christ. 2 Cor. 5:14, 15.
[3.] What effect his love should have upon sinners. Zech. 12:10. Rom.
2:4. [4.] How Christians should feel, in view of the ingratitude of the
impenitent. Ps. 119:136, 158.
7. _Justification_ [1.] What justification is. [2.] Why we cannot be
justified by the law. Rom. 3:23. [3.] The nature of all our good works,
religious exercises, duties, &c. Luke 17:10. [4.] The ground of
justification. Isa. 53:11. Acts 13:39 Rom. 8:3, 4. [5.] The instrument
or medium of justification. Rom. 3:28. [6.] The effects of
justification. Rom. 5:1-5. 8:1-4. 15:13. 1 Pet. 1:8.
8. _Adoption._ [1.] What adoption is. Exod. 2:9, 10. [2.] Through whom
believers are adopted. Gal. 4:4, 5. [3.] How their adoption is
manifested to them. Rom. 8:15, 16. Gal. 4:6. [4.] To what adoption
entitles them. Rom. 8:17. Gal. 4:7. [5.] What was the moving cause of
adoption. 1 John 3:1. [6.] What emotions this should excite in the
hearts of Christians.
9. _Sanctification._ [1.] What sanctification is. Rom. 6:6, 11--13.
8:13. [2.] By whom believers are sanctified. Rom. 8:13, l.c. 15:16, l.c.
1 Pet. 1:22. (3.) The instrument of sanctification. John 17:19. (1.) The
procuring cause. 1 Cor. 1:2. 6:11. Heb. 10:10. (5.) The importance of
sanctification, or growth in grace. John 15:8. Col. 1:9-12. (6.) How we
are to strive for sanctification. Phil. 2:12, 13. 3:13, 14. (7.) How we
may secure the aid of the Holy Spirit. Luke 11:13. Rom. 8:26. (8.) How
Christ regards us, when we are not making progress in holiness. Rev.
3:15, 16.
10. _Death._ (1.) Its certainty. Heb. 9:27. (2.) The uncertainty of
life. Jas. 4:14. (3.) The shortness of life. Ps. 90:3-10. 1 Cor.
7:29-31. Bring death near, and commune with it; try to enter into the
feelings of the death-bed. (4.) How we should live in view of the
subject. Luke 12:33-40. (5.) The folly of laying up treasures for
ourselves in this life. Luke 12:16-21. (6.) How death will appear to
such. Isa. 33:14. (7.) How death appears to those who "set their
affections on things above." 2 Cor. 5:6, 8. Phil. 1:23. (8.) The support
which such have in the hour of death. Isa. 43:1, 2. 1 Cor. 15:54-57.
11. _Heaven._ (1.) Heaven a place. John 14:2, 3. Heb. 9:24. (2.) The
glory of heaven. Rev. 21:22, 23. (3.) What constitutes the blessedness
of heaven to the righteous. [1.] Freedom from sin, and sinful
associations
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