CONTENTS. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our 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; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth en- dureth to all generations.—Psalm c. 4, 5. thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved-Romans x. 8, 9. 888 LECTURES, &c. LECTURE I. ON THE EXPEDIENCY OF A PRESCRIPT FORM OF WORSHIP. HOSEA XIV. 2. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord. THAT the service we pay to God ought to be a reasonable service, must be evident to the plainest capacity. And not only, in itself, it should be reasonable, but it is incumbent on him who offers it, to understand why it is so. For the purest rites are not more profitable than the most unmeaning ceremonies, if the worshipper approaches the throne of God with a "blinded mind." Those very words, which B |