SERIES OF DISCOURSES ON THE LEADING DOCTRINES AND DUTIES OF CHRISTIANITY. IN FOUR VOLUMES. BY ALEXANDER PROUDFIT, D. D.. MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, SALEM, NEW-YORK, VOL. IV. SALEM : PRINTED BY DODD, RUMSEY AND STEVENSON, 1815. CONTENTS. LUKE XIII. 6, 7, 8, 9.-He spake also this pa rable: A certain man had a fig-tree plant- ed in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he an- swering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it and dung it: And if it bear fruit well: and if HOSEA XIV. 4, 5, 6, 7.—I will heal their back- sliding; I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the den unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Leba- His branches shall spread, and his his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. The Spiritual Steward. CORINTHIANS IV. 1.-Stewards of the mysteries of God. The Female Laborer in the Gospel. PHIL. IV. 3.—Help those women which labored with me in the gospel. Ministerial Labor and Support. 2 CORINTHIANS XI. 23.-In labors more abundant. Life and Immortality brought to light through the gospel. 2 TIM. I. 10.-Who hath brought_life and immortality to light through the Gospel. |