310. To _Mistress Taylor, on her Son's Death_.--Suggestions
for Comfort under Sorrow, 620
311. To _Barbara Hamilton_.--On Death of her Son-in-Law--
God's Purposes, 623
312. To _Mistress Hume, on her Husband's Death_.--God's
Voice in the Rod, 625
313. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Christ's Designs in Sickness and
Sorrow, 626
314. To _Barbara Hamilton, on her Son-in-Law slain in
Battle_.--God does all
Things Well, and with Design, 627
315. To _a Christian Friend, on the Death of his Wife_.--God
the First Cause--The End of Affliction, 629
316. To _a Christian Brother, on the Death of his
Daughter_.--Consolation in her having gone before--
Christ the Best Husband, 630
317. To _a Christian Gentlewoman_.--Views of Death and
Heaven--Aspirations, 632
318. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Christ never in our Debt--Riches of
Christ--Excellence of the Heavenly State, 635
319. To _Mr. James Guthrie_.--Prospects for Scotland--His own
Darkness--Christ's Ability, 636
320. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Trials cannot Injure Saints--
Blessedness in Seeing Christ, 638
321. To _Lady Ardross, in Fife, on her Mother's Death_.--
Happiness of Heaven, and Blessedness of Dying
in the Lord, 639
322. To _M. O._--Gloomy Prospects for the Backsliding
Church--The Misunderstandings of Believers cause
of great grief--The Day of Christ, 640
323. To _Earlston the Elder_.--Christ's Way of Afflicting
the Best--Obligation to Free Grace--Enduring
the Cross, 642
324. To _Mr. George Gillespie_.--Prospect of Death--Christ
the true support in Death, 644
325. To _Sir James Stewart, Lord Provost of Edinburgh_.--
Declining Chair in Edinburgh, 645
326. To _Mistress Gillespie, Widow of George Gillespie_.--On
the Death of a Child--God Afflicts in order to save
us from the World, 646
327. To _the Earl of Balcarras_.--Regarding some
Misunderstanding, 648
328. To _Colonel Gilbert Ker_.--Singleness of Aim--Judgment
in regard to Adversaries, 649
329. To _Colonel Gilbert Ker_.--Courage in Days of Rebuke--
God's Arrangements all Wise, 651
330. To _William Guthrie_.--Depression under Dark Trials--
Dangers of Compliance, 652
331. To _Colonel Gilbert Ker_.--Courage in the Lord's
Cause--Duty in regard to Providence to be
observed--Safety in this, 654
332. To _Colonel Gilbert Ker_.--Christ's Cause deserves
Service and Suffering from us, 656
333. To _Colonel Gilbert Ker, when taken Prisoner_.--
Comforting Thoughts to the Afflicted--Darkness
of the Times--Fellowship in Christ's Sufferings--
Satisfaction with His Providences, 658
334. To _Colonel Gilbert Ker_.--Comfort under the Cloud
hanging over Scotland--Dissuasion from Leaving
Scotland, 662
335. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Difference between what is Man's
and Christ's, and between Christ Himself and His
Blessings, 663
336. To _Lady Ralston, Ursula Mure_.--Duty of Preferring
to Live rather than Die--Want of Union in the
judgments of the Godly, 665
337. To _a Minister of Glasgow_.--Encouraging Words to a
Suffering Brother--Why men shrink from Christ's
Testimony, 668