PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 1 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 313,334 words · 642 reading sections
310 Genesis, Xlix. 22—24. [61.
The distinction assigned to Joseph, is that of peculiar fruit- fulness: and to him it eminently belonged. All his brethren indeed were honoured with being heads of distinct tribes : but Joseph had both his sons chosen of God, and appointed to be heads of separate tribes; and thus two tribes sprang from him, while …
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in irons," and galled with heavy fetters0 ; so " sorely did the archers grieve him, and shoot at him, and hate him."] And can we err in tracing here the sufferings of our Lord ? [Jesus was, infinitely above all others, the well-beloved of his Father1' ; and, while he faithfully reproved the sins of his brethren, …
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the whole event to the overruling providence of Godz. So effectually were " his hands strengthened by the mighty God of Jacob," that in no instance was he " overcome of evil, but at all times overcame evil with good."] Our blessed Lord also shone like him,* only with infinitely brighter lustre — [Never did an ina…
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61.] name of Jesus every knee should bow1 : " " all power was com- mitted to him in heaven and in earth ; and all things were put under him, he only excepted, who did put all things under himk." Whatever we want for our souls, we must receive it all out of his fulness1: the direction given to every living creatur…
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3. We should not labour to control events, but study rather to accommodate ourselves to the cir- cumstances in which God has placed us — [How often might Joseph have escaped from the house of Potiphar, or sent to his brethren the news of his exaltation in Egypt ! But he left all in the hands of God, endeavouring …
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dying advices of their parents but it was not probable that Joseph should do so, after having so long evinced a dispo- sition most contrary to that of which he was suspected.] 2. They unite with it their own most humble and earnest entreaties — [However strong may be our propensity to revenge, the entreaties of a…
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2. Of joy- [Whilst they thus betrayed an ignorance of genuine reli- gion, they gave by then* voluntary humiliation some reason to hope that the seeds of true piety were springing up in their souls. And this hope doubtless filled him with holy joy. Say, any of you, who have wept over an abandoned child, or the imp…
665 wordsSECTION 308The Burning Bush.
* Rom. xii. 20, 21. e Matt. v. 23, 24. f Matt, xviii. 21, 22. e Matt, xviii. 35. h Eph. iv. 32. Exod. iii. 2, 3. The angel of the Lord appeared unto him in aflame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned tvith fire, and the bush was not con- sumed. And Moses said, I will now…
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some intervals of comparative rest. And, considering that all the powers of the world have been confederate against it, we may well be amazed that it has not been utterly consumed. But it has endured the fiery trial to this hour, and still defies the impotent attacks of all its adversaries.] 3. Of every individual…
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Let us now "turn aside and behold this great sight" (let us turn from every worldly thought, and inspect this wonderful appearance, not with curiosity, but profoundest reverence) ; let us observe herein, 1. To what state God's most favoured people may be reduced — [Your afflictions may be heavy. But are any disco…
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god's presence with his people. Exod. hi. 12. And, he said, Certainly I will be with thee. THERE is nothing more amiable in the character of a saint than true and genuine humility. Without that virtue, all graces are defective, and all attain- ments worthless in the sight of God. But it is no uncommon thing to se…
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impracticable: but, if God was with him, what could he have to fear? He would be guided by a wisdom that could not err, and be aided by a power which could not be overcome. With such an assurance, what had he to do with discourage- ments? Could Pharaoh hurt him, whilst he was under such protection ; or the Israeli…
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Again ; Hast thou also much to suffer for God in thy Chris- tian course ? Doubtless thou must have some cross to bear, else thou couldest not be conformed fully to thy Saviour's image. But, whether thy trials be more or less severe, the h Zech. iv. 7. ' Isai. xli. 10. promise in my text secures to thee an effectua…
518 wordsSECTION 314The Self-Existence And Immutability Of God.
Acuities, even such as may appear utterly insuperable. Moses himself was so discouraged by his want of success, that he complained of God as having disappointed and deceived him. But he succeeded at last : and the very difficulties which had discouraged him served but the more to illustrate the power and grace of …
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[Creatures have only a derived, and therefore a dependent, existence. They are now what they once were not, and may again cease to he. But God from all eternity was precisely what he now is. To him therefore this august title may be properly applied. Nor are there wanting other similar descrip- tions of him to con…
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from the covenant entered into with their fathers. He there- fore could not want either inclination or power to deliver them. Yea, He could not but deliver them for his own great name's sake. He could not be I AM, if his promised interposition should be either withheld or defeated. Thus the declaration of his name…
443 wordsSECTION 317Moses Declining The Commission Given Him.
with the imperious dictates of the worldq. Behold! the Pillar and the Cloud are ready to conduct your path. The great I AM is for you : who then can be against you I Go forth ; and universal nature shall applaud your steps r.] <i Pharaoh, after many successive plagues, agreed first that they should sacrifice to Go…
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a ver. 13. b Isai. vi. 8. c Exod. iii. 11. d Comp. Exod. iii. 18. with iv. 1. e ver. 2 — 9. f The text. principles by which he was actuated, were unbelief and cowardice. He had failed in this attempt forty years before, when he had run unsent, and acted in his own strength, and striven for the victory with no othe…
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2. Learn what are the duties to which you are called — [With respect to particular steps in life, it may be ex- tremely difficult to judge': but about a life of devotedness to God there can be no doubt. Endeavour then to ascertain what the Scriptures require of you ; and set yourselves instantly to fulfil it. Do …
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2. Its operation — [His obstinacy was irreclaimable, whether by judgments or by mercies. Nine successive plagues, and the removal of them all at thy request, were insufficient to subdue the pride and haughtiness of thy spirit. Not even the tenth, the greatest and heaviest of them all, prevailed on thee to desist f…
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e Job xxi. 14, 15. 07. J pharaoh's impiety. :>.',": our tongues shall we prevail : our lips are our own : who is Lord over usf?" The Prophet Jeremiah gives exactly the same character of those in his age: all classes of the com- munity said to his very face, in answer to the messages he delivered to them from the …
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now they so despise : and they shall find, to their cost, that " those who walk in pride he is able to abase V] See then, from hence, 1. How great is the folly of ungodly men! [Were a child to contend in battle with a man, who would not upbraid him for his folly and presumption in entering into so unequal a conte…
475 wordsSECTION 323The Opposition That Is Made To Religion.
the Saviour wept over the devoted city of Jerusalem: and we would that " our eyes also were a fountain of tears, to run clown day and night" on account of your present obduracy, and on account of the miseries that await you in the eternal world!] 3. How desirable is the knowledge of God, as revealed in the Gospel!…
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to him in the wilderness ; where they might serve him without any fear of offending, or of being interrupted by, the people amongst whom they dwelt. Pharaoh not only refused his permission, but proudly defied Jehovah, and ordered immediately that such burthens should be laid upon the people as it was impossible f…
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our iniquity," but must by faith transfer it to the sacred head of Jesus, who atoned for it on the cross, and through whom alone we can ever find acceptance with Godg.] 3. A thankful heart — [This is a tribute most justly due to Him, who has loaded us with so many benefits, but, above all, has redeemed us by the …
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it ; we have nothing to fear, though we live in the neglect of it V Yes : all our exhortations to serve God with your whole hearts are, by many, considered in no better view than as weak, though well-intentioned, effusions of a heated imagination.] 2. With calumny — [Men who choose not to obey the calls of God wil…
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is no calumny to affirm this : " Go therefore now, and work." Go ; and instead of obstructing the sacrifices of others, present to God the sacrifice that he demands of you.'] 2. Those who meet with persecution for righteous- ness' sake — [" All who will live godly in Christ Jesus are taught to expect persecution …
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Exod. vi. 9. And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. "AS face answers to face in a glass, so does the heart of man to man." We are apt, indeed, to ima- gine that the Jews were a people of more than ordi- nary depravity : but …
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on which they might be received with the most implicit affi- ance ; for that God had repeatedly pledged his power and veracity for the performance of them. Thrice had God renewed that solemn declaration, " I am Jehovah," the eternal, self- existent, and immutable Jehovah : and, times almost without number, he had …
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God, or to doubt his veracity. We are not to suppose, that, because we see not how deliverance can come, God is at any loss for means whereby to effect it. It is well to " have the sentence of death in ourselves, that we may not trust in our- selves, but in God who raiseth the dead," and has promised to "judge his…
510 wordsSECTION 331God Hardening Pharaoh'S Heart.
him : believe that " what he has promised he is ahle also to perform." You have seen what he did for Israel, notwith- standing their unbelief: what then shall he not do for you, if you will truly believe in Christ as your appointed Saviour ? He will not only bring you forth out of the land of your cap- tivity, but…
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[Pharaoh was a proud and haughty monarch : and, while he exercised a most arbitrary and oppressive power over his subjects, he disdained to respect the authority of Jehovah, who was " King of kings, and Lord of lords." God, if he had seen fit, might have prevented him from mani- festing these corruptions. He might…
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When once we have learned what was the true na- ture of God's agency, and how far it was concerned in the hardening of Pharaoh's heart, we shall beat no loss, II. To vindicate it — We must neverforget that " God's ways and thoughts are infinitely above ours;" and that, whether we ap- prove of them or not, " he wi…
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justice, permit sin at all: he must impose an irresistible restraint on all, and cease to deal with us as persons in a state of probation. Again, it was righteous in God to suffer such a concurrence of circumstances as should give scope for the exercise of his cor- ruptions. God is no more bound to destroy man's fr…
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It has shewn us the danger of fighting against Godk. " Fools make a mock at sin," and "puff at the threatened judgments" of God. But let any one see in Pharaoh the danger of being given over to a reprobate mind : let any one see in what our hardness of heart may issue: and he will tremble lest God should say respe…
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pharaoh's elevation to the throne of egypt. Exocl. ix. 16. In very deed, for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. IT is justly said, in reference to evidence, that it is strong in proportion as it arises out of incidental points…
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2. That he foreknows how every man will act in the situation to which he is called — a Ps. xxxi. 15. b Actsxvii. 26. vol. I. A A [He foresaw infallibly how Pharaoh would act in resisting all the means that should be used to bring him to a compliance with the divine command. Nor is there any thing hid from his al…
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4. That by all, whatever their conduct be, he will eventually be glorified — [That God will be glorified in the obedience of the right- eous, is a truth which needs not to be confirmed : whatever they do, it is " to the praise of the glory of his grace :" and at the last day the Lord Jesus will come " to be glorif…
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tliis discourse, is strongly insisted on by the Apostle Paul ; and the words of my text are adduced by him in confirmation of his statement. He is shewing that God, in the exercise of his mercy to the Jewish nation, had acted altogether in a way of o-race, according to his own sovereign will and pleasure : that he…
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Now what is there here to be offended with? The fact is undeniable: and, if God was at liberty to exercise his sove- reignty in such a way then, he is at liberty to do it still : and if he may justly do it in any case, as that of Ishmael and Isaac, or of Esau and Jacob, or of Pharaoh and Moses, he may with equal j…
482 wordsSECTION 341The Danger Of Disregarding The Word Of God.
Exod. ix. 20, 21. He that feared the ivord of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh, made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses : and he that regarded not the word of the Lord, left his servants and his cattle in the field. THE word of God in every age has met with a very different reception from diffe…
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and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life;" what effect must such momentous truths produce upon his mind ? Must he not of necessity begin to inquire into the meaning of these expressions, and feel a solicitude to have these questions satis- factorily determined : 'Am I a real penitent ? Am I born again ? H…
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Address, 1. Those that disregard the word of the Lord — [There are, alas ! too many who " stumble at the word, being disobedient :" their language is, " As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto theee." If they do not avowedly reject the word, they shew by the…
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Exod. x. 3. Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Hoiv long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me ? IT cannot be denied that Pharaoh was a remarkable character, raised up by God himself to be a monument of God's power throughout all generations*. Yet we mistake if we think that the dispositions which he …
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sufficient evidences of humility, Pharaoh would never have received the reproof in our text: for on the plague of hail being inflicted, he sent for Moses and said, " I have sinned this time. The Lord is righteous ; and I and my people are wicked c." But notwithstanding this, in God's estimation he still, as the te…
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yielded in part to the commands of God : he resisted altogether at the first; but gradually receded from his determinations, and permitted the Hebrews to offer their sacrifices in Egypt ; then to go into the wilderness, provided they did not go very far into it : then he would let the men go : then at last the wome…
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Benefactor Let us mark our past conduct also towards the Lord Jesus Christ, who assumed our nature, and died upon the cross to save us Let us yet further call to mind all the resistance which we have given to the motions of the Holy Spirit within us and we shall find ground enough for our humiliation before God. …
461 wordsSECTION 348Distinguishing Privileges Of The Lord'S People.
man the richest encouragement and an assurance that of those who come to Christ in penitence and faith, " not one shall ever be cast oute" ] 2. It is never too soon — [It was not the men only, but the children also, yea, even " the little ones," whom God required to go forth into the wil- derness to offer sacrifi…
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in a way of accommodation at least, to the eluci- dation of this most important point. I will take occasion from it then to shew, I. The difference which God has put between his own people and others — In their state, and nature, in their relation to God and to each other, in their prospects also, and in their e…
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3. Things eternal — [What can an ungodly man see beyond the grave ? Truly in relation to the future world he is in darkness, even in " a darkness that may be felt." If he reflect at all, he can feel nothing but " a certain fearful looking-for of judgment and fiery indignation to consume him," and have no prospect …
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due season, " our light shall shine in obscurity, and our dark- ness be as the noonday1."] Address — 1. Those who are walking in the light of their own carnal enjoyments — [Truly it is but a taper that ye possess, whilst ye are regardless of the radiance of the noonday sun And what does God say to you ? " Behold…
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Exod. xi. 7. Know, hoiv that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. b b2 A PRINCIPAL intent of God in the various dis- pensations of his providence is, to make himself known unto the world. By some of his works he makes known his natural perfections of wisdom and power ; by others, his …
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of his providence and in the communications of his grace h ] III. He will do so to all eternity — [If we would know the full extent of that difference which he will put between his people and others, we must go up to heaven, and taste all the glories of it and go down to hell, and experience all its miseries Neve…
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Exod. xii. 41, 42. It came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : this is that night of the Lord to b…
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now sprinkled on our souls ! To how much higher a state too are we raised, not nominally, but really, the sons of God, and the inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ! What shall we say of this ? It surpasses the utmost concep- tion both of men and angels ; and has a height and depth, and length and breadth, that is …
719 wordsSECTION 356The Passover.
1 ver. 14. k ver. 8. with Deut. xvi. 1 — 4. l 1 Cor. v. 7, 8. m Exod. xiii. 2. with Numb. viii. 17. " 1 Cor. vi. 19, 20. Exod. xii. 3 — 11. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb …
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This was, 1. Commemorative — [The deliverance of Israel from the sword of the destroying angel, and from their bondage in Egypt, was great a, and unpa- ralleled from the foundation of the world b. And, in the com- memoration of it, God appointed that in all future ages one of the junior members of each family sho…
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Some other particulars worthy of observation will occur, while we consider, II. The manner of its celebration — In this also was the ordinance both commemorative and typical. The bitter herbs and unleavened bread were intended to keep up a remembrance of the bitter sorrows which they endured, and the bread of aff…
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1 Zech. xii. 10. m Ezek. xvi. 63. n 1 Cor. v. 7, 8. their impending danger from the sword of the destroying angel: and let all endeavour to realize the unavailing cries of God's enemies, and the joyful exultations of his redeemed people. O terrible judgment ! O glorious deliverance ! May God keep us all from harde…
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God in his mercy had appointed for exempting them from the general calamity. We propose to consider, I. The means prescribed — God might have preserved his people without any particular means ; as he did when he sent forth an angel to destroy almost the whole Assyrian army. But he intended this deliverance as a …
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