LONDON:

PRINTED BY RICHARD CLAY, BREAD-STREET-HILL.

CLAUDE'S ESSAY ON THE COMPOSITION OF A SERMON.

IN TWENTY-ONE VOLUMES.

BY THE REV. CHARLES SIMEON, M.A.

SENIOR FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. II.
NUMBERS TO JOSHUA.

LONDON:
HOLDSWORTH AND BALL,

18, st. PAUL'S CHURCHI-YARD.

CONTENTS TO VOL. II.

Discourse.

Text

Subject.

Page.

The Jealousy-Offering . . . . .
The Law of Nazarites . . . . .
God will bless his own Ordinances . .
The Journeys of the Israelites. ..

Moses' Invitation to Hobab. ...

Moses' Prayer at the removal and rest-

ing of the Ark . . . . . . .

Inordinate Desire punished . ...

God's Word sure . . . . . . .

Joshua's Envy reproved . ....

Aaron and Miriam reproved ...

Apostasy deprecated . .....

The People murmuring at the Report of

the Spies . . . . . . . . .

God's Answer to the Intercession of

Moses . . . . . . . . . .

Following the Lord fully . . . . .

Presumption of the rebellious Israelites

The Danger of presumptuous Sin . .

The Sabbath-breaker stoned . . . .

The Use and Intent of Fringes on

the Garments . . . . . . .

Korah's Rebellion . . . . . .

Aaron's Intercession . . . . . .

Aaron's Rod that budded . . . .

The Law of Purification . : ..

Moses and Aaron sentenced to die in

the Wilderness . . . . . . .

Death of Aaron ....... 114

The Israelites discouraged by the way

The Brasen Serpent · · · · · ·

126

Discourse.

Text

Subject.

Page

NUMBERS

170. xxii. 18, 19. [Balaam's Character . . . . . . 131

171. xxii. 31. Balaam obstructed by the Angel .. 136

172. xxiii. 7—10. |Balaam's first Attempt to curse Israel. 141

173. xxiii. 18—23. Balaam's second Attempt to curse Israel 145

174.

xxiii, 19. God will fulfil his Word . . . . . 149

175. xxiv. 5, 9. Balaam's third Attempt to curse Israel 154

176. xxiv. 15—17. Christ the Star spoken of by Balaam. 156

177. xxv. 10–13. Phinehas rewarded for his Zeal .. 160

178. xxvi. 63–65. Perishing of the Israelites in the Wil-

derness .. ...... .164

xxvii. 15—21. Appointment of Joshua to succeed Moses 168

180. xxviii. 3—10. |The Morning and Evening Sacrifice . 172

181. xxxi. 48—50. Destruction of the Midianites . . . 177

xxxii. 6, 7. Moses reproves the Reubenites . . . 181

183. xxxii. 23. The Certainty that Sin will find us out

184. 1 Xxxv. 24–28. The Cities of Refuge . . . . . . 189

179.

182.

186

208

232

262

The Prosperity of Zion desired...

Victory assured to the true Israel. .

God's continued Mercies to us . . . 212

Moses views Canaan from Pisgah . . 217

Joshua a Type of Christ. ....

Moses's solemn Charge to Israel . 227

Excellency of the Liturgy ..

Excellency of the Liturgy ... 245

Excellency of the Liturgy ...

Excellency of the Liturgy .... 276

The Danger of Prosperity . . . .

292

A right Improvement of Electing Love 296

The Reasons of God's diversified Deal-

|ings with his People .....299

Against Self-righteousness and Self-

conceit. . . . . . . . . .

A penitential Retrospect enjoined. .

The replacing of the two Tables of the

| Covenant . . . . . . . . .

Reasonableness and Excellency of God's

Commands . . . . . . . 322

196.

197.

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