PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 13 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 248,782 words · 530 reading sections
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Text. Subject Page 1644. vi. 67—69. No Saviour but the Lord Jesus 406 1645. vi. 70. One of the Apostles a Devil 411 1646. vii. 17. Connexion between Piety and Know- 416 1647. vii. 36. Christ may be sought too late . 420 1648. vii. 37, 38. Christ's Offer of the Spirit .... 426 1649. viii. 10, 11.…
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Luke xvii. 5, G. And the Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say unto this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked tip by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. THE Gospel is truly " a doctrine according to god- …
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fruit of faith : for, " having been forgiven ten thousand talents, can he take a fellow-creature by the throat for a few pence3?" No: " having been forgiven much, he will love much."] Having on these grounds presented to their Lord a Matt, xviii. 32, 33. a petition for an increase of faith, he approved of their p…
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gave him a title due only to God, reproved him, saying, " Why callest thou me good? there is none good but One, that is God." But here he so commended the subject of their peti- tition as manifestly to intimate his approbation of the petition itself. In like manner, when Paul, some years afterwards, prayed to him …
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they might be able to practise them. Perverse people will, though instructed to the contrary ten thousand times, repre- sent the duty of faith as having a licentious tendency : but look into the Scriptures, and see how it wrought on the saints of old : or look to the fruits that are uniformly ascribed to it in the…
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them as soon as made: but go rather and exercise faith on God, and on his great and precious promises : go and contem- plate the incomprehensible love of Christ in dying for you : go and sprinkle his blood upon your conscience, and get a sense of his pardoning love upon your soul : Go, I say, and get your faith in…
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his master's disposal as we are at God's. The Jews exercised a most despotic power over their servants — [Some of the servants among the Jews were captives taken in war : others were slaves bought with money. Over these, their master had unlimited authority. They were regarded by him as his stock, and, like his ca…
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conceits of blind superstitious papists. The idea of performing them is arrogant in the extreme. None can entertain it in their minds without involving their souls in utter ruin. The point is decided for us by the voice of inspiration0.] The justness of the comparison being made to appear, we proceed to consider, …
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Address — 1. Those who are looking for acceptance through their own works — [How manifestly is your spirit contrary to that which the Gospel recommends ! You are endeavouring to establish a righteousness of your own: you not only think to compensate for your sins, but to have a degree of merit sufficient to pur- …
425 wordsSECTION 13The Ten Lepers Healed.
Luke xvii. 17, 18. And Jesus answering, said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. AS the miracles of our Lord were greatly diversified, so were the effects produced by them. Sometimes they were regarded with stupid indiffe…
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any combination to discredit the miracle. It would make the priests themselves to attest its reality, and might lead them to receive him as the promised Messiah. In obedience to his command, the lepers went, expecting a cure : nor were any of them disappointed of their hope. In going, they were restored by the alm…
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ungrateful Jews6? Let us then abase ourselves before God under a sense of* our vilenessf; nor let us justify our conduct from the example of the world. Who does not commend the singularity of the grateful leper? Who does not admire the singularity of Noah among the antediluvians, and of Lot in Sodom? Let us then d…
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let us be thankful for themk. Justly did Jesus express his wonder at not seeing the other nine; much more will he if ive should forget to pay him our tribute of praise. Waiting for our approaches, he says, "Where are they?" Let him then see us daily prostrating ourselves before him, Let us be earnest in our thanks…
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that the Son of Man should again come, even before that present generation should have passed away; that, when he did come, he would find them as supine and careless as they were at that moment ; and that, unless they repented, his coming would issue in their utter destruction. This seems to be the obvious import…
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that he would punish it too by a deluge that should overwhelm the whole earth. Moreover, the ark was gradually prepared in their sight ; so that at least they must see that the preacher believed his own declarations. In like manner, the inhabitants of Sodom were warned by Lot, who " vexed his righteous soul from d…
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as it did among the antediluvians, till the flood came, and, among the inhabitants of Sodom, till the fire came down from heaven to consume them.] This melancholy prospect renders it necessary for me to point out, II. The danger of that state — We have before observed, that the text primarily refers to the comin…
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they shall have filled up the measure of their iniquities ; and the same criterion which we have used in estimating the ripe- ness of nations for judgment, will serve us to judge of the state of individuals. God has told us, that " as fishes are taken in an evil net, and as birds are caught in a snare, so are the s…
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monitors ; and the more innocent among them occupied in nothing better than " eating and drinking, buying and selling, Planting and building, marrying and giving m marriage. How terrible to be called to judgment in a state so unprepared ! Will the suddenness of the event be any excuse for them m that day ? or will…
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improved the day of their visitation, and fled to the ark for refuge ! Thus pungent, thus fruitless, will be the remorse of millions in the day of judgment. But, blessed be God ! the ark is not yet closed : it is open for all who will flee unto it : the Lord Jesus Christ never did, nor ever will, close the door ag…
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of him in peace, without spot and blameless11." As we said to others, that an inoffensive conduct will not suffice ; so we must say to you, that a religious profession will not suffice. _ You know full well in what a state men ought to die ; (how penitent, how believing, how devout in their minds, how subdued in th…
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I. What we are to remember concerning her. We may comprehend the whole under two heads : 1. Her sin — [She, as the history informs us, looked back towards Sodom after she had been delivered from it by the angels a. Is it asked, What harm there was in this ? we answer, it was in many points of view exceeding sinfu…
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might be in every other view, it was palpably wrong in this. The command was plain and positive ; " Look not behind thee in all the plain." It was not for her to determine whether the command were more or less important ; her duty was to obey it : and, in violating it, she rebelled against the Majesty of heaven. E…
913 wordsSECTION 26The Duty Of Persevering In Prayer.
In conclusion, we would suggest a few hints respect- ing the manner in which you should obey the admonition in the text. Remember her, » Rev. xviii. 4. k 2 Pet. ii. 18, 20. and iii. 17. 1 Jude, ver. 5. 1 Cor. x. 1—6, 11, 12. 1. With thanksgivings to God, that you have not long since experienced a similar judgment…
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pray : in prosperity, that God may counteract its evil tendency e : in adversity, that we may be supported under itf: in times of public distress or danger, to avert the calamity g.] Habitually — [We should maintain a spiritual frame of mind. We may have a disposition for prayer in the midst of business ; nor will…
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By these means many are tempted to defer their religious exercises: but to yield to the temptation is to increase the difficulty.] While we are engaged in prayer — [The world is never more troublesome than at such sea- sons. Something seen or heard, lost or gained, done or to be done, will generally obtrude itsel…
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Luke xviii. 6 — 8. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he ivill avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ? THERE is no dut…
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This may be strongly deduced from the preceding parable — [ The ividow was a stranger not at all related to the judge ; but we are " God's elect," his favoured and " peculiar people." The unjust judge was not interested in granting her petition; but God's honour is concerned in relieving the wants of his people1.…
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[Such persons are as devoid of reason as they are of piety. What madness is it to neglect heaven when it may be obtained by such means! And how will such thoughtless sinners ere long bewail their folly ! We cannot but address them as the mariners did the sleeping prophet p — .] 2. Those who pray only in a formal m…
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Luke xviii. 13, 14. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. MANY express their regret, that religion is so generally negle…
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2. His uncharitableness — [Not satisfied with commending himself, he poured con- tempt on all others'1. He arrogantly presumed to judge the Publican in particular : but what concern had he with the state of other men ? Their greater degrees of sinfulness could not make him less sinful : nor should it have been a s…
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[He did not attempt to extenuate his guilt, or promise amendment as a reparation for his offences. He renounced all self-righteous methods of recommending himself to God, and cast himself entirely upon the Divine mercy.] Services performed in so different a spirit could not find equal acceptance — II. The differe…
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Address — 1. Those who trust in themselves that they are righteous — [Almost all, when interrogated about their souls, reply as this Pharisee p— . But we shall not stand or fall by a compari- son with other men. If we have been free from some sins, we have committed many others ; and if we have practised some du…
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Lukexviii. 31 — 34. Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished, For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and t…
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Jews of late had sought to stone him, his Disciples were amazed at his intrepidity, and trembled for themselves lest they also should be involved in difficulties through hima: and, if they were so agitated with a confused apprehension of probable evils, how great must his resolution have been, who saw every trouble…
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annexed to the crime of which they accused him, namely, blasphemy ; and because they had repeatedly attempted to stone him before. As for the Jews delivering him up to the Romans, particularly after the Roman Governor had given them leave to " take and judge him according to their law," it was highly improbable, c…
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him, and from each other, must have been confederate with him, if he was an impostor : but, if this could not be, then does this circumstantial prediction of his sufferings and resur- rection, accomplished as it was in every minute particular, prove beyond a doubt, that he was the true Messiah.] Let us now proceed…
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they have no idea what it is that we mean ; but without much inquiry they take for granted that these are some gloomy or extravagant notions of wild enthusiasts. When they hear that we must " flee to Christ for refuge," just as the man who had accidentally slain a person fled to the city of refuge from the pursuer…
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crucified to it," to consider themselves altogether as " pilgrims and sojourners in it," and to " have their conversation in heaven :" but how can they comply with such exhortations as these ? We tell them, that if they will be Christ's disciples, they must deny themselves, and take up their cross and follow him :…
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the soul, the essence of all religion? Do we live upon them, and glory in them, from day to day? Before we can know them thus, we must be " taught of God :" the Lord Jesus himself must " open our understandings," as he did those of his Disciples : and the Holy Ghost must " shine into our hearts, to give the light …
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Luke xix. 9. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house. IT is said of our blessed Lord, that " he went about doing good." But the good which he did was prin- cipally to the bodies of men ; the work of converting and saving their souls was to be carried on principally after his death by the…
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all idea of merit, and look for salvation as the free gift of God in Christ Jesus.] 2. Unsolicited — [We read not of any application that Zaccheus made to Jesus : on the contrary, Jesus prevented him with the blessings of his goodness. It is thus with all of us in the first commu- nication of grace to the soul: a…
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In this part of our subject we wish not to be misunderstood : we do not say, that the parallel between Zaecheus and others holds good in the suddenness of his conversion : for though God may convert persons as suddenly now, as he did in the days of old, we apprehend that conversion in these days is, for the most p…
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magnify the grace of Christ, and admire his condescension to one who was so generally detested. But the spectators were filled rather with spleen and envy ; and took occasion to pour contempt on Zaccheus, on account of his past character, and to murmur against Jesus for going to be a guest with him. It was thus th…
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shall now be magnified towards us. If only our souls be will- ing to receive Christ, we are authorized to say, " This is the day" Nay, more ; the very thing which was imputed to him as a fault, he will do again, as often as he is invited ; " he will come and be guest with a man that is a sinner"] 2. How happy are …
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Luke xix. 10. The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. ONE would imagine that all should be pleased with the conversion of notorious sinners : but it too often excites indignation rather than pleasure in the breasts of proud Pharisees. Zaccheus was a tax-gatherer, and most probably, like th…
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even as the Father is ; yea, that the Father is not honoured unless he also be honoured :" that he will " raise the dead by his voice :" that he " hath life in himself even as the Father has;" and "has authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of MANb." Here he calls himself " the Son," " the Son o…
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replied, " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven1." Now, if Peter meant only to say that he was a good man, or a prophet, what was there in that which he might not see and know without any particular revelation of it to his soul ? St…
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referred to that glorious prophecy of Daniel, where the Son of man is represented as receiving from the Father an universal and everlasting dominion p. Instantly the high-priest rent his clothes, and said, " What need we any further witnesses ? Ye have heard the blasphemy : what think ye ? And they all con- demned…
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2. The explicit declaration which he makes of the intent of his coming — [We should never have sought him : we are like a lost sheep, that never traces back its steps to the fold it has de- serted. He therefore came to "seek" us. However solicitous we had been to avert the wrath of God, we never could have done i…
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Luke xix. 12, IS. A certain nobleman went into afar country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. MANKIND are prone to amuse themselves with prospects of earthly grandeur, and to neglect the most impo…
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From these we might have learned all the mysteries of god- liness. We should therefore have studied them with all humi- lity and diligence. Have we not experienced many convictions of coiiscience, and gracious operations of God's Spirit ? These are inestimable, and may be made subservient to our eternal welfare. H…
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say, " Lord, thy pound hath gained ten, ox five pounds ? " Can we say upon good grounds that it hath gained even two? Happy for us, if we have the testimony of our conscience respecting this. We shall gladly, like the good servants, ascribe the honour to our Lord^: we shall adopt the language of the Apostle1' — , …
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Luke xix. 12, 14. A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return — But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We tvill not have this man to reign over us. THERE is scarcely any one to be found who does not imagine he loves God. Men form erroneous …
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is our conduct very clearly stamped. Our rejection of Christ is not sudden or occasional, but constant and uniform Nor is it peculiar to any one description of persons, but is found in all of every rank and every age Nor is there any other thing under heaven which so kindles the wrath of men, or instigates them to…
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hour. I am well aware, that all have not equally avowed their independence on him, or proceeded to the same extre- mities in their rebellion against him : but whether you have rejected him with Pharisaic pride or with Sadducean indif- ference, the effect has been the same; you have equally in your hearts said, " W…
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Luke xix. 26. I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away. THE force of habit, irrespective of any particular influence from above, is well known. But, in addition to that, God has annexed a blessing to the use of means, and has…
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exercised as in the presence of the heart-searching God. If we will not exercise the faculties in the way which God has appointed, not only shall we suffer loss of all that we might have attained, but the understanding will become blind, the affections sensual, and the conscience seared. These were the very effect…
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