DISCOURSES

on the

HISTORY OF DAVID;

and on the

introduction of christianity into britain

BY GEORGE LAWSON, D. D.

with a memoir of the author

BY HENRY BELFRAGE, D. D.

BERWICK:

published by thomas melrose

MDCCCXXXIII

CONTENTS

Memoir of the Author

DISCOURSES ON THE HISTORY OF DAVID

I. On the General Excellence of David’s Conduct. 2 Chron. 29:2

II. David’s Faith in the Pardoning Mercy of God

III. David’s Repentance. Psal. 38:18

IV. David’s Love to God

V. David’s Confidence in God

VI. David’s Love to the Word of God

VII. David’s Meditations on the Word of God

VIII. David’s Obedience to the Will of God. Psal. 119:106

IX. David’s Afflictions and Fears. Psal. 18:4, 5

X. David’s Behaviour in the Time of Trouble. Psal. 119:87

XI. David’s Thanksgiving for his Deliverance. Psal. 18 Title. 2 Sam. 22:1

XII. The Justice of David’s Behaviour. Psal. 18

DISCOURSES ON THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN

I. State of Britain prior to the Introduction of Christianity. Gal. 4:8

II. On the Conversion of the British Nations. Part I. Isa. 51:5

III. Same subject continued. Part II

IV. State of Britain during the Reign of Antichrist. Isa. 1:9

V. Commencement of the Reformation. Isa. 60:2

A SHORT ACCOUNT

of

DR. LAWSON AND HIS WRITINGS.

While posthumous publications have in many cases added little to the fame of the departed, there have been others which have been found in all respects worthy of their talents; which have been welcomed with peculiar delight by the reminiscences which they awakened; and over which the hallowing influence of mortality hath shed a power which we cannot look for in the page of living wisdom. To the voice that speaks to us we listen as to a voice from the grave, and the spirit which works before us we regard as now at rest in heaven.

Such, we have no doubt, will be the experience of many in perusing these remains of Dr. Lawson; and to those who may have been strangers to his life and character, they will exhibit the counsels and spirit of a man rich in faith, and mighty in the scriptures. It has been judged proper that a short account of his life and writings should be prefixed to this publication, and while it may gratify his friends by stirring up their pure minds by way of remembrance, it will interest others who delight to trace how good men walked with God. The limits allotted to this preface will not admit of enlargement, and those who wish to see a more extended account of some particulars respecting him, will find it in a memoir of Dr. L. published in the Christian Repository for 1820, and written by the Rev. Mr. Lothian of Edinburgh; a man distinguished by the activity of his friendship, his extensive acquirements in every department of literature, his pastoral utility, and the ardour, copiousness and sublimity of his holy ministrations.

Dr. Lawson was born in the parish of West Linton in the shire of Peebles in 1749, and by the care of very pious parents was trained up in the fear of God. It has often been remarked ...