208. To _Alexander Colville of Blair_.--Regrets for not being
able to Preach--Longings for Christ, 408
209. To _Mr. John Nevay_.--Christ's Surpassing Excellency--His
Cause in Scotland, 409
210. To _Lady Boyd_.--His Soul Fainting for Christ's Matchless
Beauty--Prayer for a Revival, 410
211. To _a Christian Gentlewoman_.--God's Skill to bless by
Affliction--Unkindness of Men--Near the Day of
Meeting the Lord, 412
212. To _William Glendinning_.--Search into Christ's
Loveliness--What he would Suffer to see it--His
Coming to Deliver, 414
213. To _Robert Lennox of Disdove_.--Men's Folly in
Undervaluing Christ--It is He that satisfieth--
Admiration of Him, 416
214. To _Mr. James Hamilton, Minister of the Gospel_.--
Suffering for Christ's Headship--How Christ
visited him in Preaching, 418
215. To _Mistress Stuart_.--Personal Unworthiness--Longing
after Holiness--Winnowing Time, 421
216. To _Mr. Hugh M'Kail, Minister of Irvine_.--Advantages
of our Wants and Distempers--Christ Unspeakable, 423
217. To _Alexander Gordon of Garloch_.--Free Grace finding
its Materials in us, 425
218. To _John Bell, Elder_.--Danger of Trusting to a Name
to Live--Conversion no Superficial Work--
Exhortation to Make Sure, 427
219. To _Mr. John Row, Minister of the Gospel_.--Christ's
Crosses better than the World's Joys--Christ
Extolled, 429
220. To _Lord Craighall_.--Duty of being disentangled from
Christ-dishonouring Compliances, 430
221. To _Marion M'Naught_.--Her Prayers for Scotland not
Forgotten, 430
222. To _Lady Culross_.--Christ's Way of Showing Himself the
Best--What Fits for Him--Yearning after Him
insatiably--Domestic Matters, 431
223. To _Alexander Gordon of Knockgray_.--State of the
Church--Believers purified by Affliction--Folly
of seeking Joy in a Doomed World, 434
224. To _Fulwood, the Younger_.--Vanity of the World in the
light of Death and Christ--The Present Truth--
Christ's Coming, 436
225. To _his Parishioners_.--Protestation of Care for their
Souls, and for the Glory of God--Delight in his
ministry, and in his Lord--Efforts for their
Souls--Warnings against Errors of the Day--Awful
words to the Backslider--Intense Admiration of
Christ--A Loud Call to All, 438
226. To _Lady Kilconquhar_.--The Interests of the Soul and
Urgent--Folly of the World--Christ altogether
Lovely--His Pen fails to set forth Christ's
Unspeakable Beauty, 445
227. To _Lord Craighall_.--Standing for Christ--Danger
from Fear, or Promises of Men--Christ's Requitals--
Sin against the Holy Ghost, 449
228. To _Mr. James Fleming, Minister of the Gospel_.--
Glory Gained to Christ--Spiritual Deadness--Help
to Praise Him--The Ministry, 451
229. To _Mr. Hugh M'Kail, Minister of Irvine_.--The
Law--This World under Christ's Control for the Believer, 454
230. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Believer Safe though Tried--Delight
in Christ's Truth, 455
231. To _Lord Lindsay of Byres_.--The Church's Desolations--The
End of the World, and Christ's Coming--His
Attractiveness, 457
232. To _Lord Boyd_.--Seeking Christ in Youth--Its
Temptations--Christ's Excellence--The Church's
Cause concerns the Nobles, 457
233. To _Fulk Ellis_.--Friends in Ireland--Difficulties in
Providence--Unfaithfulness to Light--Constant Need
of Christ, 463
234. To _James Lindsay_.--Desertions, their Use--Prayers of
Reprobates, and how the Gospel affects their
Responsibility, 466
235. To _Lord Craighall_.--Fear God, not Man--Sign of
Backsliding, 470
236. To _Mr. James Hamilton, Minister of the Gospel_.--
Christ's Glory not affected by His People's
Weakness, 471
237. To _the Laird of Gaitgirth_.--Truth worth Suffering
for--Light Sown, but the Evil of this World till
Christ comes, 471
238. To _Lady Gaitgirth_.--Christ and Example in Bearing
Crosses--The extent to which Children should be
Loved--Why Saints Die, 473
239. To _Mr. Matthew Mowat, Minister of Kilmarnock_.--What
am I?--Longing to Act for Christ--Unbelief--Love in the
Hiding of Christ's Face--Christ's Reproach, 474
240. To _Mr. John Meine, Jun._--Christ the Same--Youthful
Sins--No Dispensing with Crosses, 476
241. To _John Fleming, Baillie of Leith_.--Riches of Christ
Fail Not--Salvation--Vanity of Created Comforts--
Longing for more of Christ, 477
242. To _Lady Rowallan_.--Jesus the Best Choice, and to be
made sure of--The Cross and Jesus inseparable--
Sorrows only Temporary, 478
243. To _Marion M'Naught_.--His own Prospects--Hopes--
Salutations, 480
244. To _Marion M'Naught_.--Proceedings of Parliament--Private
Matters--Her Daughter's Marriage, 481
245. To _Lady Boyd_.--Imperfections--Yearnings after Christ--
Christ's Supremacy not inconsistent with Civil
Authority, 483
246. To _Mr. Thomas Garven_.--Heaven's Happiness--Joy in the
Cross, 485
247. To _Janet Kennedy_.--The Heavenly Mansions--Earth a
Shadow, 486
248. To _Margaret Reid_.--Benefits of the Cross, if we are
Christ's, 487