BY NATHAN PARKER, D. D. LATE PASTOR OF THE SOUTH CHURCH AND PARISH, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. PUBLISHED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE PARISH. WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, BY HENRY WARE, JR. Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care in Harvard University. PORTSMOUTH: J. W. FOSTER, AND J. F. SHORES. BOSTON: RUSSELL, ODIORNE, AND METCALF. 1835. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, BY JOHN W. FOSTER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of New Hampshire. CONTENTS. MAN ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD ALONE IN MATTERS OF FAITH. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; who DISTINCTION BETWEEN SAINTS AND SINNERS. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, PAGE. A CHILD-LIKE DISPOSITION ESSENTIAL TO THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein. - Luke SCRIPTURAL DEFINITIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. — 1 Corinthians v. 17. - AIDS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS IN THE WAY OF VIRTUE. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, death and evil. RIGHTEOUSNESS THE TEST OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. He, that doeth righteousness, is righteous. — 1 John iii. 7. SOLICITUDE FOR THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION. Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? Psalm 1xxxv. 6. 103 |