Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my All they that see me, laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him; let him de- Reproach [rebuke] hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I SERMON XXVI. The Ascension of Messiah to Glory. Psal. xxiv. 7-10. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in buttle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of Hosts, he is the King of glory, SERMON XXVII. 292 Messiah the Son of God. Heb. i. 5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? SERMON XXVIII. Messiah worshipped by Angels. 302 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them, 324 SERMON XXX. The Publication of the Gospel. Psal. lxviii. 11. The Lord gave the word, great was the company of those that published it [or, of the preachers.] SERMON XXXI. The Gospel Message, glad Tidings. Rom. x. 15. 335 [As it is written] How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 346 SERMON XXXII. The Progress of the Gospel. Rom. x. 18. —Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world, 357 SERMON XXXIII. Opposition to Messiah unreasonable. Psal. ii. 1-3. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed; saying, Let us break his bonds asunder and cast away his cords from us, SERMON XXXIV, Opposition to Messiah in vain. Psal. ii. 4. 368 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision, SERMON XXXV. Opposition to Messiah ruinous. Psal. ii. 9. 379 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel, SERMON XXXVI. The Lord reigneth. Rev. xix. 6. Hallelujah; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, SERMON XXXVII. The Extent of Messiah's Spiritual Kingdom. Rev. xi. 15. 389 400 The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever, VOL. IV. C 411 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand in the latter day upor the earth. And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive, Behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be |