Jer. ïïi. 15.-And I will give you pastors according Gen. xxviii. 17.-How dreadful is this place ! this is Deut. xiv. 23.-And thou shalt eat, before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and of the firstlings of thy THE INSTABILITY OF ERROR, AND THE STABILITY OF TRUTH: Haggai ii. 6, 7.-For thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land ; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come : and I will fill this house ople THE NATURE AND REASONABLENESS OF DEVOTION. Psalms c. 3, 4, 5.-Know ye that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we our- selves ; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise ; be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good ; 2 Tim. ii. 15.-Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, Jer. v. 30, 31.--A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; SALVATION OF ALL A DOCTRINE OF REPROACH. : Tim iy. 10.-For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, IUTH 294 SERMON I. 16 IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MAN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT.” DELIVERED IN BOSTON ON THE SECOND SABBATH IN FEB. 1818. HEB. IX. 27, 28 "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judga ment; so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin unto salvation.” Being sensible that the common opinion entertained of this portion of divine truth, is in a very important sense different from what I am fully persuaded the Apostle designed to communicate, it seems reasonable that the hearer should be advertised of this circumstance in the introduction of the subject. If the audience should pass the time of the introduction with minds directed to, and possessed of the general opinion of a day of judgment in a future state, which is the subject to which our text is applied, by almost universal consent, it might be difficult for the hearer to undergo so great a transition at once, as would be required, in order to gain a clear view of the true sense of the passage under consideration. In order, therefore, that the candid inquirer after truth, should not be too much embarrassed with traditional notions on this subject, it is thought expedient to bring the general opinion of the text first into view, and expose its improprieties, so that the mind, being satisfied, in some degree at least, of the error of the commonly |