PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 1 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 313,334 words · 642 reading sections
580 - Leviticus, Ii. 13. [121.
ment which Christ has offered! In the view of its acceptable- ness to God, and in direct reference to the meat-offering, it is thus noticed by St. Paul ; " He gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour e." And, as having laid, by his own death, the foundation of his spiritua…
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and both must be done by us, if ever we would find acceptance with God. Let us think what would have been the state of the Jewish priests, if they had declined the execution of their office. Let us then put ourselves into their situation, and rest assured, that a neglect of this duty will bring upon us God's heavy…
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optional, and presented only when persons particu- larly desired to " honour God with their substance." The ordinary and appointed meat-offerings are spoken of in the beginning of this chapter3: the extraordinary and optional are spoken of in my text. It is to the latter that I would draw your attention at this ti…
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altar, as consecrated to his service, and inflamed with holy zeal and love, for the advancement of his glory in the world. In this view the Prophet Isaiah speaks of the whole Gentile world, who shall be consecrated to the Lord in the last day : " They shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out…
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he will be glorified in all, " the least as well as the greatest e," in " little children, as well as in young men and fathers f."] Having elsewhere explained the different parts of the meat-offering, I forbear to dwell on themg, having no intention to speak of that ordinance any further than it is peculiar, and a…
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122.] and blessed them"." And who can tell what a blessing may attend the efforts of ministers, in reference to young people, even whilst the older and more intelligent reject their word? Certainly the appointment of the ordinance which we have been considering proclaims loudly the duty of ministers, and affords …
452 wordsSECTION 547586 Leviticus, V. 5, 6. [123.
' Leave me to myself ; at least leave me till many more suns and showers have brought me to a maturity better suited to your use.' But no, my young Brethren ; I would not leave you another day. God has appointed that the green ears be dried by the fire, and so be fitted for his use : and gladly would I use all pos…
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Lev. v. 5, 6. And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing. And he .shall bring his trespass-offering unto the Lord for his sin tvhich he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering ; and the prie…
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points, which will mark the peculiar features of these offerings, together with their distinctive differences. We will, I. Compare them together — They agree in many things, each requiring that the blood of an animal should be shed and sprinkled as an atonement for sin. But they also differ very materially, 1. …
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all things are by the law purged with bloode." Now thus far it does appear, that the heavier sins were to be atoned for by the lighter sacrifices: and this is the source of all the difficulty that expositors find in the subject. But there were three things required in this offering, which had no place in the sin-of…
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by every device in their power ; purchasing goods that have not paid the customs, avoiding stamps where they are positively enjoined, and withholding, where they think they can do it without detection, the taxes which by law they are bound to pay. Such is the morality of many, who yet would be very indignant to be…
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123.] them to acknowledge a departure from the ways of God ? Is society in such a state, that all which we see and hear will stand the test, if tried by the requisitions of God's holy law ? Yet where are the consciences that are burthened with guilt ? Where are the penitents applying to the blood of atonement ? A…
495 wordsSECTION 553592 Leviticus, V. 17—19. [124.
4. We never can be truly penitent for sin, if we are not desirous also to repair it to the utmost of our power — [Certain it is that no reparation for sin can ever be made to God. It is the precious blood of Christ, and that only, that can ever satisfy the offended Majesty of heaven. But injuries done to our fell…
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Lev. v. 17 — 19. If a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, unth thy estimation , for a trespass-offering unto the prie…
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[A man is not held blameless when he violates the laws of the land because he did it unwittingly : he is obnoxious to a penalty, though from the consideration of his ignorance that penalty may be mitigated. Nor does any man consider ignorance as a sufficient plea for his servant's faults, if that servant had the m…
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common people erred, he must bring a female kid, or a, female lambn, or, if he could not afford that, he might bring two young pigeons0. And, to mark yet further the superior criminality of the priest, his offering was to be wholly burnt, and its blood teas to be sprinkled seven times before the veil of the sanctu…
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ignorance, be put to the account; all the smallest deviations and defects which the penetrating eye of God has seen, (all of which he has noted in the book of his remembrance,) and surely we shall feel the force of that question that was put to Job, " Is not thy wickedness great ? are not thine iniquities infinite…
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whatever be pardoned, under the gospel dispensation, but through the sacrifice of Clirist. Yet, when we speak of Christ as the only remedy for sin, and urge the necessity of believing in him for justification, many are ready to object, ' Why does he insist so much on justification by faith ?' But the answer is pla…
489 wordsSECTION 559Fire On The Altar Not To Go Out.
cxxv. Lev. vi. 13. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar: it shall never go out. IT is a matter of deep regret that religious persons do not enter more fully into the Jewish Ritual, and explore with more accuracy the mysteries contained in it. And I am not sure that Ministers, whose office properly leads…
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the altar ; and lay our hands upon the head of our offering ; and look for pardon solely through the atoning blood of Jesus. The fire, too, was for the daily use of all. And daily, yea, and hourly, have all of us occasion to come to God in the same way. There is not an offering that we present to God, but it must …
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did, in effect, say, as Isaac so many hundred years before had done, " Behold the fire and the wood ; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?" Yea, it gave also the very answer which Abraham had done, " My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering f." Thus, by keeping up the expectation of the …
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still more comprehensive import. The tabernacle, for instance, prefigured the body of Christ, " in which all the fulness of the Godhead dwelt ; " and the Church, where God displays his glory ; and heaven, where he vouchsafes his more immediate presence, and is seen face to face. So the altar not unfitly re- prese…
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in our own strength : (if we do, we shall surely fail :) but we must exert ourselves notwithstanding : and the very circum- stance of its being " God alone who can work in us either to will or do," is our incentive and encouragement to " work out our own salvation with fear and trembling"." If we cannot work witho…
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and be accepted as an atonement instead of a slaughtered animal0? Be assured, that the sigh, the tear, the groan shall come up with acceptance before him, as much as the most fluent prayer that ever was offered ; and that the widow's mite will be found no less valuable in his sight, than the richest offerings of t…
473 wordsSECTION 565The Peace-Offering.
will never accept. Let the whole soul be his ; and there shall not be any offering which you can present, which shall not receive a testimony of his approbation here, and an abundant recompence hereafter: for, " if there be only a willing mind, it shall be accepted according to that a man hath, and not according t…
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leavened bread was to be used, as well as the unleavened cakes and wafers8.] 2. The manner in which they were offered — [Particular directions were given both with respect to the division of them, and the consumption. The meat-offering was divided only between the altar and the priests : but, in the peace-offerin…
431 wordsSECTION 567Cog Leviticus, Vii. 11. [126.
[It could not fail but they must sometimes feel their obli- gations to God for his manifold mercies : and here was a way appointed wherein they might render unto God the honour due unto his name. In the 107th Psalm we have a variety of occur- rences mentioned, wherein God's interposition might be seen : for instan…
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sacrifice that was offered as a thanksgiving must be eaten on the same day ; whereas the sacrifice offered as a vow or volun- tary offering, might, as being less holy, be eaten also on the second day. But, if any was left to the third day, it must be consumed by fire p.] Having stated the principal peculiarities o…
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be attentive too to our after-conduct, " lest we lose the things that we have wrought, instead of receiving a full reward8." However carefully the offerers had observed the law before, yet, if any one presumed to eat the smallest portion of his offering on the third day, instead of being accepted of God, his offeri…
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god's acceptance of the sacrifices. Lev. ix. 23, 24. And Moses and Aaron went into the taber- nacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the peo- ple : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. And there came afire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and…
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any human means, condescend to manifest his acceptance of the sacrifices which were now offered. He first displayed his glory before all the people. This on some occasions was done in testimony of his displeasure, and in support of his servants who acted under his authority e : but here, as also on other occasions…
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2. With profound reverence — [" They fell upon their faces," in humble adoration of their God and King. This union of humility and joy was exactly what one would have wished to see in them : and happy would it be if some who talk most of spiritual joys would learn of them! Even the seraphim before the throne cover…
581 wordsSECTION 573Death Of Nadab And Abihu.
Lev. x. 1 — 3. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put in- cense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them ; and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said un…
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Nadab and Abihu were the two eldest sons of Aaron. They had been just consecrated, together with their father, to the priestly office : but, They committed a grievous sin — [It should seem that they were elated with the distinction conferred upon them, and impatient to display the high privi- leges they enjoyed. …
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comfort ; and had hoped, that the whole nation would receive permanent advantage from their ministrations. But in a moment he beholds all his hopes and expectations blasted. He sees his sons struck dead by the immediate hand of God, and that too in the very act of sin, as a warning to all future generations. If th…
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never venture to come to the house of God in a thoughtless or irreverent manner, but would reflect on the holiness and majesty of the Supreme Being, and endeavour to approve themselves to him in all the services they offered0 Beloved Bre- thren, it is no legal argument which we offer, when we remind you that God i…
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Lev. xiii. 45, 46. And the leper, in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, Un- clean. All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled ; he is unclean : he shall dwell alone ; with- out the camp s…
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impurity, sloth, or any other evil principle in our hearts, it will gain such an ascendant over us, as at once to chastise us for our folly, and to augment our guilt ? The truth is, that the very heaviest judgment which God can inflict upon us in this world, is, to give us over to the evil of our own hearts, and t…
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Clearly as the evil of sin is seen in this disorder, we behold yet more strongly marked, II. The bitterness of it — The person afflicted with the leprosy was put out of the camp or city in which he had dwelt, and was forced to live alone, being cut off from all intercourse with his dearest relatives0. How inexpre…
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affirms it with the strongest asseverations that it was possible for him to utter1. When king Uzziah was smitten with the leprosy in the temple, all the priests with one accord rose upon him, and thrust him out of the temple ; yea, and he himself also hasted to go outu. And thus it would be in heaven, if by any me…
459 wordsSECTION 581Purification Of The Leper.
ragsd ;" so that we still have reason, like holy Job, to " lothe and abhor ourselves in dust and ashes e." The external signs of sorrow which were prescribed to the leper, we should com- mute for those which indicate true contrition : " Rend your heart" says the prophet, " and not your garments1." We should " walk…
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are not vouchsafed to us on account of our antecedent merit, but in order that we may shew forth the praises of Him that hath called us. We see this exemplified in the laws relating to the leprosy. Nothing was prescribed whereby people should first of all heal themselves : but, when God of his infinite mercy had …
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into the wilderness, equally prefigured Christ d ; the one, as "dying for our sins ; and the other, as rising again for our justi- fication6." The two birds presented by the leper were in this respect precisely similar ; and equally point us to that blessed Jesus, who says, "I am He that liveth, and was dead; and …
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that can be attained in this life, but to " purify themselves even as God is pureV] Amongst Israel of old, the great mass of the popu- lation had never been infected with the leprosy at all : but that is not the case with us: the leprosy of sin has infected every human being: and there are now but two classes, un…
599 wordsSECTION 585The Cleansing Of The Leper.
Lev. xiv. 14 — 18. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pou…
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and the structure in all its parts affords an inex- haustible fund of pleasing and useful instruction. Let us take, for example, the ceremonies observed at the cleansing of the leper; and we shall find that they set forth in a very striking light the most essential doctrines of the Gospel. They teach us more parti…
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131.] Christ : these really cleanse our souls, and restore us perfectly to the service and enjoyment of God. The two together have a combined effect, to bring us to God : but they have separate and very distinct offices, which we ought carefully to notice : — 1. The blood of Christ must be applied to purge away …
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his influence, and submit to his operations. Thus shall the effectual working of his power transform our souls into the divine image8, and make us " meet for the inheritance of the saints in light11."] But these points will receive additional light, while we consider, II. The manner in which the blood and Spirit …
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Spirit, if we do not trust entirely in the blood of Christ for pardon and acceptance. In the consecrating of Aaron and his sons to the priesthood, almost the same services were performed as at the purification of the leper : the blood was to be put on their ears, thumbs, and toes, and then, together with the oil, …
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vine, we shall derive virtue from him for the bringing forth the fruits of righteousness and true holiness11.] 4. Believing — [At the purification of the leper the priest was to " sprinkle the oil seven times before the Lord." This denoted that, while in the performance of these ceremonies they sought the glory of…
460 wordsSECTION 591The Scape-Goat A Type Of Christ.
the hand of God. But your disorder comes from yourselves ; and therefore you should not be satisfied with its continuance one day or hour. You do well to be solicitous about the re- moval of it ; and we entreat you never to relax your solicitude about it, till the desired healing has been imparted to your souls. K…
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faith: the operation of it on the believer's mind; and the fruit and benefit of it to his soul. I. The true and proper object of faith — [When the high-priest put his hands on the head of the scape-goat, the eyes of all present must of necessity be turned towards that devoted creature. They indeed who were endued …
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the more unfeignetlly will he hewail his manifold transgressions f. While, with Mary, he boldly confesses Christ, with her he will kiss his feet, and wash them with his tears g.] III. The fruit and benefit of it to his soul — [No sooner was the ordinance before us duly performed, than the sins of all Israel were t…
471 wordsSECTION 594Duties Required On The Great Day Of Atonement.
from his presence ; or we must go with penitence and contri- tion to our living Surety, and cast our iniquities on him. And can there be a doubt which state we should prefer ? Or would we continue another hour under the guilt of all our sins, when there is such a way provided for the removal of them ? Let us then …
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to be kept as a fast, is almost wholly disregarded ; insomuch that the house of God is scarcely at all attended, and the various vocations of men proceed almost without interruption in their accustomed channel. We are well aware that the Jewish insti- tutions are not to be revived: but, though the ordi- nances th…
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tuai for usc : for, if he had needed any atonement for himself, he never could have procured reconciliation for us d — ] 2. For the people — [" All the people of the congregation" were considered as sinners ; and for all of them indiscriminately was the atonement offered. None were supposed to be so holy as not to…
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sinners into it ; and that on that very account it could not be a meet habitation for the Deity, if it were not purified by the atoning- blood of Christ1.] A just view of these things will discover to us the connexion between the atonement itself, and, II. The duty especially enjoined at the time of that atonemen…
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It would prepare the person for a just reception of God's mercy. An obdurate heart would reject the promises, just as the trodden path refuses to receive the seed that is cast upon it. The fallow ground must be broken up before the seed can be sown in it to good effect It would lead the person to acknowledge with …
442 wordsSECTION 599The Prohibition To Eat Blood.
the blood of Jesus Christ, once shed on Calvary, is sufficient to cleanse the whole world. Stupendous thought! Let us en- deavour to realize it, and to get the evidence of it in our own souls ] 3. How blessed is the issue of true repentance ! [Men imagine that to afflict the soul is the way to be miserable : but …
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foregoing parts of this book also the prohibition had been repeatedly renewed b: and here the reason for such a repeated enactment of the same statute is assigned. Indeed from the peculiar strictness with which the law is here enforced, we might be sure that there was some very important reason for it, though non…
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