THE

WORKS

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THE REV. JOSEPH BELLAMY, D. D.

LATE OF BETHLEM, CONNECTICUT.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY STEPHEN DODGE.

PRINTED BY J. SEYMOUR, No. 49, JOHN-STREET.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1900.

FOUR SERMONS,

ON THE

WISDOM OF GOD

IN

THE PERMISSION OF SIN.

I bring you good tidings of great joy. Luke ii. 10.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart, Psalm xcvii. 11.

-There was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. Exodus x. 22, 23.

Sect. IV. The design of the Mediatorial Office and work of Christ, was

to do honour to the divine Law,

V. Sin an infinite Evil,

VI. Vindictive Justice an amiable perfection in the Deity; a beau

ty in the Divine character,

VII. God, who is the supreme, all-sufficient good, can, consistently
with his honour, and is willing to become a God and Father,
and everlasting portion, to all who return to him through
Jesus Christ,

VIII. Repentance is before forgiveness,

IX. The nature and effects, the cause and cure, of a self-righteous
spirit,

X. The nature and consequences of Spiritual blindness; and how
the god of this world blinds the minds of them that believe not,
XI. The nature of Divine Illumination,

XII. The effects of Divine Illumination,

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FOUR SERMONS,

ON THR

WISDOM OF GOD

IN

THE PERMISSION OF SIN.

I bring you good tidings of great joy. Luke ii. 10.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart,

Psalm xcvii. 11.

-There was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. Exodus x. 22, 23.