PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 1 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 313,334 words · 642 reading sections
642 Leviticus, Xvii. 10—12. [134.
This fact then being undeniable, that " God has given us the blood as an atonement for the soul," we proceed to, II. Consider the prohibition as founded on it — Scarcely is such energy to be found in any other prohibition throughout the whole Scriptures, as in that before us. And how is it to be accounted for ? …
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2. How awful is the state of those who reject it! [We tremble for those who despised Moses' law, and in contempt of the divine command ate of blood. But how much more must we tremble for those who make light of Christ! For, " if they who despised Moses' law died without mercy, of how much sorer punishment suppose …
302 wordsSECTION 603Feast Of First-Fruits.
Lev. xxiii. 15 — 17. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering ; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat-offering unto the Lord. Ye sha…
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fruits:" and the appointment of them may be con- sidered in a three-fold view ; as, I. Commemorative — [The day on which the sheaf of barley was to be presented unto God, was that on which they had come out of Egypt : and it was to be kept in commemoration of that event ; that, when they were enjoying the peacefu…
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On the former of those days, that I mean on which the Israelites came out of their graves in Egypt, (which was the first-fruits of their deliverance, as the wave-sheaf was of the barley harvest,) Christ rose from the dead, and rose, not as an individual, but "as the first-fruits of them that sleptf;" and has there…
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Corresponding with our obligations to God is our duty to- wards him. If we have received every tiring from him, it is our bounden duty to devote every thing to him, and improve every thing for the honour of his name. And, as at the former of these feasts they offered only one sheaf, and one lamb, but at the latter…
486 wordsSECTION 607The Feast Of Trumpets.
Lev. xxiii. 23 — 25. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein; but ye shall offer an offering made by fi…
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which in our text is called the seventh month, had been always deemed the first month of the year ; but when God brought his people out of Egypt, he ordered them, in remembrance of that event, to reckon their year differently, and to begin it in the spring, instead of the autumn*. Still however, in their civil and…
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" it was ordained for a testimony e." Now when this " me- morial" sounded in their ears, the various temporal mercies which they would need, would of course occur to their minds. But there were spiritual blessings, which probably came but little into the contemplation of the people, which yet were of principal imp…
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Now from this feast, so peculiarly prefiguring the Gospel, and being observed with such extra- ordinary strictness, we may learn, J. The scope and tendency of the Gospel — [When it reaches the ears and hearts of men, it calls them from the world to serve and delight in God, and that without intermission, from the…
475 wordsSECTION 611The Feast Of Tabernacles.
not be repaid an hundred-fold even in this life, and with ever- lasting life in the world to come. And, if we engage heartily in the Lord's service, we shall find, that the more we are em- ployed in it, the more delightful it will be : it is wearisome only to those who are formal and hypocritical in their duties. …
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we expect entirely to overcome them : but still there is much that is clear ; and even that which is in some respects dubious, will be found in other respects highly edifying. The feast of tabernacles was one of the three great feasts, at which all the males throughout the nation were to assemble at Jerusalem. It…
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a partial and formal way ; till Nehemiah, after the return of the people from Babylon, revived and enforced the practice of former daysb.] The next thing to be noticed in reference to this feast, is, II. Its primary end — This was two-fold: 1. Commemorative — [All the time that the people sojourned in the wilde…
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That this was a shadow, we have no doubt : and that Christ is the substance, is equally clear and certain : this point is determined by God himself in reference to the feasts and Sabbaths in general6, and therefore much more in relation to this, which was as sacred a feast as any, perhaps the most so of any, in t…
494 wordsSECTION 615656 Leviticus, Xxiii. 39—43. [137.
this time the advent of your Messiah, from whom you will derive all spiritual blessings : behold, I am he : and, if you will come unto me, you shall receive more than tongue can utter, or imagination conceive. We say not that these things amount to a proof of the point in question : but we suggest them for your co…
475 wordsSECTION 616The Golden Candlestick.
increased or diminished, ever remember where your home is; and that when your week is finished, " you have an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens p" ]<* p 2 Cor. v. 1. i If this subject were taken on a Christmas-day, or for a Har- vest Sermon, the more appropriate idea must be most expanded. Lev. xx…
379 wordsSECTION 617G58 Leviticus, Xxiv. 1—3. [138,
character; and others more applicable to the Church : and some things referred to both. It is possible that the candlestick might be intended to represent Christ as " the light of the world:" but we are sure that it shadowed forth his Church; and therefore without nesitation we shall consider it as typically repre…
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II. In its duties — The duties of the saints are, 1. To shine — [It is justly observed by our Lord, that " no man lights a candle, to put it under a bushel or a bed ; but sets it in a candle- stick, that all who are in the house may see the light." It is not for themselves alone that the saints are endued with th…
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other difficult and unfrequented; the one terminating in destruc- tion, the other leading to everlasting life. St. Paul expresses the same in language more accommodated to our textq. Judge yourselves, Brethren, in reference to this matter: and never think that you are Christians indeed, unless you have an evidence …
484 wordsSECTION 620The Shew-Bread.
are the storms to which we are exposed in this dreary wilder- ness, which threaten our extinction ; but he is able to preserve us : and as he has made it our duty to " burn continually," so he will give us " supplies of his Spirit" for that purpose: he will " keep us by his power through faith unto everlasting sal…
386 wordsSECTION 621662 Leviticus, Xxiv. 5—9. [139.
brake it, and said to his disciples, Take, eat, this is my body." The New-Testament writers give us little, if any, insight into this subject : but they speak so fully and plainly on the subject of the candlestick, that we can easily by analogy trace the import of the shew- bread also. It has been shewn, that the …
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some, who shall be objects of his peculiar regard. The change of the loaves every Sabbath-day was intended to illustrate this: and in reference to it they were expressly called " the con- tinual bread d." The regard shewn by God to those who were first brought out of Egypt, shall be perpetuated to the end of time …
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every one of us " subscribe with our hands, and say, I am the Lord's1." We should " give up ourselves to him by a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten k." We should consider ourselves as " separated from mankind" for this very purpose1, that we may be " wholly sanctified unto him, in spirit, soul, and bo…
486 wordsSECTION 624The Blasphemer Stoned.
for their removal. Thus we should " abide with God," per- forming diligently the work assigned us, till he shall be pleased to dismiss our souls in peace. Our week of life at all events is wearing fast away : but, whether its close be somewhat earlier, or later, than we expect, we should say, like Job, " All the da…
409 wordsSECTION 625066 Leviticus, Xxiv. 13—15. [140.
I. The danger of ungodly connexions — To caution us against contracting an intimacy with the ungodly, we are told, that " evil communications corrupt good manners;" and that "the companion of fools shall be destroyed." But in the marriage union such a connexion is peculiarly dangerous, because its influence is in…
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to justify what is wrong from the examples of others, than to follow what is right. We all know how much easier a tiring it is to go with the stream than against it ; or to spread contagion than to cure it. The son of this Israelitish woman, though in the midst of Israelites, did not become a worshipper of the true…
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[Little did he think what would be the issue of those habits which he was so ready to indulge. The persons who heard his blasphemy, informed against him : and Moses, being as yet uninstructed by God how such iniquity was to be punished, sought direction from him: and was told that " the persons who heard him shoul…
474 wordsSECTION 628The Jubilee A Type Of The Gospel.
external order and decorum*1. Let us then not only " have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove," and, if possible, suppress them.] d If this were a subject taken either for an Assize Sermon, or a sermon for the suppression of vice, this idea should be enlarged upon. Lev. xxv. 9 —…
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[The tendency of great reverses of fortune is, in many in- stances at least, to produce a torpor of mind, and a stupid indifference to the things we once highly valued. Hence it was but too probable, that they, who had alienated their inhe- ritance and reduced themselves to the lowest ebb of misery, might sink int…
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nor, till our Lord had expiated the sins of the whole world, could the Gospel be universally proclaimed. But no sooner was his sacrifice offered, than God was reconciled to his guilty creatures ; and from that time must the commission given to his Apostles be dated. A very few days had elapsed, when they sounded t…
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welcomed to the soulg. Our bondage to sin and Satan is reversed; so that nothing shall ever lead us captive, provided we assert our liberty, and claim our privilege11: being made free by Christ, we shall be free indeed \ And, notwithstanding we have sold out heavenly inheritance, and alienated it for a thing of no…
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2. How solicitous is God to counteract the follv and wickedness of man! [A subordinate end of the Jubilee was, to counteract the cupidity of some, and the prodigality of others. But it is a very principal end of the Gospel to remedy the miseries, which men have entailed upon themselves. Well might God have said t…
366 wordsSECTION 633The Sabbatical Year.
Lev. xxv. 20 — 22. And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase : Then will I command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth y…
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.; 142.] which appear the most probable and most important, it is the object of this discourse to set before you. The ordinance itself is more fully stated at the beginning of the chapter11: and it was given, I. To remind them that God was the great Proprietor of all— [In the verse following the text, God says …
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riches increase, set not your hearts upon themd." He would have us live ahove this vain world ; and not, when running for such a prize, be " loading our feet with thick claye." If we could have the reasons of God's dispensations fully revealed to us, I have no doubt but that we should find that he has this end in …
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their barns overflowing with the produce of the earth, and their presses bursting out with new wine, me thinks they would say, This is the hand of God : we will love him ; we will serve him ; we will trust in him : we ivill shew, that we are not insensible of all his love and kindness. Such sentiments and conduct …
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exercise self-denial, or to sacrifice their temporal interests for their Lord and Saviour ? Let them not hesitate between duty and interest : the calls, though apparently opposite, are indeed the same : if we sacrifice any thing for the Lord, he will repay us an hundred-fold. If we will lose our lives for his sake,…
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god's promises to penitents. Lev. xxvi. 40 — 42. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked con- trary unto me ; and that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of …
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nation in a season of deep distress3. May the con- templation of them be attended with similar effects to our souls, while we consider, I. What is that repentance which God requires — We find in the Scriptures a great variety of marks whereby true repentance may be known : but we shall confine our attention to th…
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[This is one of the most decisive evidences of true repent- ance. Nothing but real contrition can ever produce this. We may submit to afflictive dispensations with a considerable degree of patience and resignation, even though we have no just view of our guilt before God: hut we can never be thankful for them, til…
404 wordsSECTION 641G82 Leviticus, Xxvi. 40—42. [143.
2. On the part of the penitent himself — [If a man were pardoned without repentance, he would feel little, if any, obligation to God : and would be ready to commit the same iniquities again, from an idea that there was no great enormity in them. But when a person is truly peni- tent, he admires and adores the rich…
737 wordsSECTION 642f Jonah ii. 2. LONDON :— R. CLAY, PRINTER, Bill; AD-STKhLT-IllLI 3 'i » of University of Toronto Library Acme Library Card Pocket LOWE-MARTIN CO. LIMITED…
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