The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of ............... *** ....................................... Page 1 As it is written in the Prophets, Behold I send my Mes. DISCOURSE III. .... On the Preaching of John. MARK, i. 3, 4. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did bap- tize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repent- ance, for the remission of sins........... ..............37 ; 1 On the Commencement of the Ministry of And there came a voice from Heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased........... Page 55 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him..............73 The Gospel Preached to the Poor. MARK, ii. 13. And he went forth again by the sea side, and all the multi- tude resorted unto him, and he taught them............. 116 DISCOURSE VIII. On the Parable of the Sower, 8c. MARK, iv. 2, 3. And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken, Behold there went out a sower to sow.......................................................136 MATTHEW, iv. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness... 167 DISCOURSE XI. On Religious Meditation. JOB, iv. 17. Shall mortal man be more just thap God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker ?.................................... 181 DISCOURSE XII. On the Moral Law. Exodus, xx. 1, 2. And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage................................ 196 DISCOURSE XIII. On the Moral Law. MATTHEW, xxii. 39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neigh- bour as thyself ........ ...................................................214 Of the doctrine of.. baptisms, and of laying on of hands............................................. ............Page 228 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith |