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For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many and lords many,) but to us there is One God the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.

LECTURE XI.
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ON THE SON OF GOD, as ONLY-BEGOTTEN, BEFORE ALL AGES, AND THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.

Hebrews i. 1, 2.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the Fathers by the Prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son.

[Next day to the tenth.]

LECTURE XII.

Page 123.

ON THE INCARNATION OF THE SON OF GOD.

Isaiah vii. 10-14.

Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. And Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, O House of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a Virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel.

[Next day to the eleventh.]

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Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? . . . . He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.

[Some days before the fourteenth.]

LECTURE XIV.

Page 165.

ON THE RESURRECTION, ASCENSION, AND EXALTATION

OF CHRIST.

1 Corinthians xv. 1-4.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.

[On a Monday in the beginning of the month Xanthicus, (April,) shortly after the Equinox.]

LECTURE XV.
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ON THE SECOND ADVENT, THE LAST JUDGMENT, AND THE
PERPETUITY OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM.

Dan. vii. 9-14.

I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, &c. . . . The judgment was set, and the books were opened, &c. I saw in the night visions, and behold one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven,

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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, &c.

[On Monday in Easter Week.]

LECTURE XX.

(ON THE MYSTERIES. II.)

Page 263.

ON THE RITE OF BAPTISM.

Rom. vi. 3-14.

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? &c.... for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

[On Tuesday in Easter Week.]

LECTURE XXI.

(ON THE MYSTERIES. III.)

Page 207.

ON THE HOLY CHRISM.

1 John ii. 20-28.

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, &c. . . . . that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

[On Wednesday in Easter Week.]

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