PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 5 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 242,250 words · 497 reading sections
528 Psalms, Lxxii. 6—11. [618.
2. Richly productive — [The sickly plants, when watered, raise up their drooping heads, and bring forth, each according to its nature, their proper fruits. Thus, in the day of Christ's descent upon the souls of the " righteous, they flourish :" and " peace," the first-fruit of the Spirit, " abounds within them." T…
293 wordsSECTION 482530 Psalms, Lxxii. G— 11. [618.
possessed of universal empire : but it is to Christ alone that this truly and properly belongs. His dominion extends itself over, 1. The most distant places — [Solomon's empire was the most extensive of any that was governed by Jewish kings. It reached from the river Euphrates to the Red Sea; and comprehended all…
688 wordsSECTION 483532 Psalms, Lxxii. 12—15. [619.
3. What encouragement we have to exert ourselves for the diffusion of the Gospel throughout the world. [If we look at the state of the world, or at the weakness of the instrmnents which we employ, we shall despair of pro- ducing any great effects. But we have nothing to fear. God has spoken; and he wdU do it. Who …
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Christ's government of his church. Ps. Ixxii. 12 — 15. He shall deliver the needy, when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no hel'per. He shall spare the poor and needy, and, shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and jjre- cious shall their blood he in his…
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^ ver. 2, 4. ^ 1 Cor. i. 2G. Jam. ii. 5. a more general diffusion of civil and religious liberty. It is still as true as at any period of the world, that " if we were of the world, the world would love its own ; but because we are not of the world, but Christ has chosen us out of the world, therefore the world hat…
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2. They offer their prayers in his behalf — \Personally, he needs them not. In this respect he is unlike the kings of the earth. But for the prosperity of his kingdom he enjoins us to pray. One of the first petitions which, in his short and comprehensive prayer, he has taught us to pour forth, is, " Thy kingdom co…
656 wordsSECTION 487The Success Of The Gospel.
They are themselves, all of them without exception, made kings, and have a kingdom given unto them by their Lord, similar to that which has been conferred on the Messiah him- self by his heavenly Father''. Hear ye this, ye poor and needy souls ! Are ye not amazed, that ye should be " taken, as it were, from a dung…
352 wordsSECTION 488538 Psalms, Lxxii. 16. [620.
harvest springs. Weeds will grow of themselves, but corn requires culture ; nor can any harvest be expected but in con- sequence of a patient and laborious attention to the duties of husbandry. Thus it is also with the Gospel. That is the seed from which alone any fruit will arise to God. Men will bring forth all …
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II. The blessing which God has promised to it — The prophecy before us declares that the increase of this seed shall be, 1. Strong — [The woods of " Lebanon" were proverbially grand. Waving their lofty heads, they seemed to defy the storms and tempests. Such was to be the fruit that should spring from the Gospel…
439 wordsSECTION 490540 Psalms, Lxxii. 17. [621.
[What a mercy is it, that, when only a handful of corn is sown on the earth, some grains of it should fall on this barren spot ! And what a signal mercy if it have sprung up in our hearts ! And have we not reason to hope that this is indeed the case ? If we cannot boast of multitudes like the piles of grass, are t…
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THE PERPETUITY AND EXCELLENCY OF CHRISt's KINGDOM. Ps. Ixxii. 17. His name shall endure for ever : his 7iame shall he continued as long as the sun : and men shall he blessed in him : all nations shall call him Messed. NONE of the Prophets, except Isaiah, have writ- ten so copiously and so plainly respecting Christ…
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made to blot out the remembrance of it from under heaven. — No sooner was the name of Jesus exalted by the preaching of the Apostles, than the rulers exerted all their power to sup- press it : they beat and imprisoned the preachers, and menaced them with yet severer punishment, if they should presume to speak any …
837 wordsSECTION 493Praise To God For Redemption.
We cannot more profitably improve this subject, than by inquiring, 1. What blessings have we received from Christ ? [If we be indeed subjects of his kingdom, it cannot fail but that we must have received many blessings at his hands. Has he then " blessed us " with the pardon of our sins ? Has he filled us with jo…
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jrreater than Solomon is here : and it is the Messiah's kingdom to which David ultimately refers, and which alone fully corresponds with the description here given of it. In our further elucidation of this truth, we shall consider, I. The " wondrous things" here referred to — These are particularly specified thr…
391 wordsSECTION 495546 Psalms, Lxxil Is, 19. [622.
that " the fruit thereof shakes like the woods of Lebanon, and the converts spring up and flourish like the countless piles of grass upon the earth ^." It is " a stone cut out without hands, that breaks in pieces all other kingdoms, and that fills the whole earth ^'."] 4. The duration of it — [Solomon's kingdom e…
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2. With an ardent desire for the manifestation of them to the whole world — [However persuaded we may be of our own interest in these things, we should not be satisfied without seeing the whole world brought to the knowledge of them. We have a debt to God, and a debt to our fellow-creatures also : to Him, to glor…
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" delivering you from the powers of darkness, and translating you into the kingdom of his dear Son," I should not plead in vain. Let me then, in conclusion, first address our God in the words of David : " Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and triumph …
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.