PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 14 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 258,605 words · 560 reading sections
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1704. xvi. 24. 100 1705. xvi. 27. The Objects of the Father's love . 104 1706. xvi. 31. Inquiry into the reality of our Faith . 108 1707. xvii. 1. Christ's Prayer to be glorified on Earth 111 liscoarse. Text. 1708. xvii. 2. 1709. xvii. 4, 5. 1710. xvii. 9, 10. 1711. xvii. 15. 1712. xvii. 16. …
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1744. 1745. 1746. 1747. 1748. 1749. 1750. 1751. 1752. 1753. 1754. 1755. 1756. 1757. 1758. 1759. 1760. 1761. 1762. 1763. 1764. 1765. 1766. 1767. 1768. 1769. 1770. 1771. 1772. 1773. 1774. 1775. 1776. 1777. 1778. 1779. 1780. 1781. iii. 19. Hi. 22, 23. iii. 26. iv. 8—10. iv. 12. i…
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Text. 1782. xiv. 27. 1783. xv. 10, 11. 1784. xv. 36. 1785. xvi. 14, 15. 1786. xvi. 16—18. 1787. xvi. 29—31. 1788. xvii. 2 — 5. 1789. xvii. 11, 12. 1790. xvii. 30. 1791. xvii. 31. 1792. xviii. 17. 1793. xviii. 24 — 28. 1794. xix. 15. 1795. xix. 18—20. 1796. xix. 34. . 1797. xx. 7. 1798. …
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Christ's condescension. Johnxiii. 12 — 15. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set doivn again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord arid Master, have washed, your feet; ye also ought …
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I. As illustrative of his character — [No one can behold Jesus washing "bis Disciples' feet, without feeling a reverence for his august character : and the more we contrast his dignity with their meanness, the more are we constrained to admire his condescension and love. But we shall have a very partial and inadeq…
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Peter's inconsiderate, though well-meant, opposition to his Master's will, gave occasion for that solemn declaration, whereby our Lord has made known the universal necessity of submitting to him, and to the method prescribed by him for the salvation of our souls. His words may be applied to every child of man, " I…
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universal washing, " he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified1."] We shall have a very incomplete view of this action, unless we still further consider it, III. As explanatory of his will — [A declaration to this effect is made by our Lord himself. He tells us that he intended, in what he now did, to s…
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[Instructed as you have been, few can be ignorant of the efficacy of Christ's blood to cleanse from sin, or of his Spirit to renew and sanctify the heart. But what will this know- ledge avail you, if you do not experience both the one and the other in your souls ? I pray you to remember, that our Lord does not say…
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John xiii. 17. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. SO little was the virtue of humility understood among the heathen, that neither the Greeks nor Romans had a word whereby to express the idea. The lowliness of mind and poverty of spirit which we admire as the summit of Christian excellence, they …
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done. But knowledge may exist without practice: and when it does so, it is altogether worthless. 1. It has no intrinsic excellence — [The devils have knowledge in common with us, and probably to a far greater extent : but do they possess any thing that is truly good? Virtue is good, even though it reside only in …
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We would not, however, depreciate either know- ledge or practice ; but rather point out, II. Their excellence when combined — When connected with each other as the root and the fruit, they have an efficacy, 1. To please God — [The fruits of righteousness that spring from an enlight- ened mind, are truly acceptab…
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crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give mek."] 4. To augment our everlasting happiness — [Who need be told, that men will be rewarded in pro- portion to their improvement of their talents1? This is so plain a truth, that it cannot be denied ; and so encouraging a truth, that it oug…
447 wordsSECTION 14Ingratitude Depicted.
John xiii. 18. That the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with vie, hath lifted up his heel against me. THERE was scarcely any circumstance relating to the death of our blessed Lord which was not the subject of prophecy. That to which my text refers, was the betraying of our blessed Lord by one of h…
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further still, and say in their hearts, " There is no Godb." Now, what a base return is this for all the benefits they receive; and what an impiety to deny the Providence, if not also the very existence, of Him, " in whom they live, and move, and have their being!" Truly they are justly called " Atheists in the wo…
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One, like Demas, is turned aside by the love of this present evil world : another, like the stony-ground hearers, by the fear of persecution : another runs after some vain conceit, and " denies the Lord who bought him." Never do they reflect what dishonour they do to Christ, or what a base return they make him for…
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religion itself. The sins of David prompted them, not to con- demn David only, but to " blaspheme God himself." And in the apostolic age, " the way of truth was evil spoken of," when its adherents did any thing unworthy of their high calling. So at this day, if there be any one of public notoriety or eminence that…
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well refined ;" and he invites us to partake of it. When we ungratefully refuse his invitations, he renews them with greater urgency, and directs his servants to compel us to come in. He sends them into the highways and hedges for this express purpose ; and commissions them to declare, that whosoever cometh unto h…
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I. To the Son himself — To enter fully into this subject, would occupy far too long a time for one discourse: I must content myself, therefore, with stating, under each head of my discourse, only the more prominent points, for the elucidation of it. The Lord Jesus Christ was now glorified, in that he was about, …
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of his soul" in the salvation of men, " he was satisfied6." This was " the joy that was set before him :" and, for the attainment of it, " he endured the cross, and despised the shame f ;" and rested not till he could say, " It is finished6." Well, therefore, might he, in the near prospect of these events, say, " N…
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foundation of the world: and this glory was obtained for him through the intervention of his Son : so that it might well be said, that, whilst the Son himself was glorified, the Father was glorified in him.] We have yet further to notice the glory added, III. To the Son, by and with the Father — The Father now, i…
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salvation were poured out upon them for his sake. From that day great numbers, in every quarter of the globe, have found mercy through him : millions are already seated with him upon thrones of glory, as monuments of his grace: millions, too, are at this very moment rejoicing in him upon earth : and, in due time, …
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John xiv. 1 . Let not your heart he troubled : ye believe in God, believe also in me. AS God is eminently distinguished by that cha- racter, " The Comforter of all them that are cast down," so did Jesus evince his title to it during the whole time of his sojourning on earth : there was no distress which he did no…
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was to die upon a cross ; they knew not how to reconcile these things with his former professions, or how to bear the shame which such a disappointment would unavoidably occa- sion ] 3. The persecutions they were to meet with from an ungodly world — [Hitherto they had been screened from persecution, their Lord a…
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them a cup of cold water only, he would acknowledge it as an obligation conferred on him ; and, if any should presume to touch them in a way of injury, he would resent it as if they had " touched the apple of his eye."] 3. As sufficient for their support — [They had seen what wonders he had wrought during his con…
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falls, nor a hair of our head can be touched, without him : and, if he suffer any injury to be inflicted on us, he can overrule it so as to convert it into the greatest benefit. What then have we to do, but to let him work his own will, and to expect that all things shall work together for good ? ] 3. As the Head …
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John xiv. 2, 3. In my Fathers house are many mansions : if it tvere not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself ; that where I am, there ye may be also. A HOPE of future happiness affords strong con- solati…
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earth, but in heaven. Had no such recompence awaited them, he " would have told them so." Thus he pledges, as it were, his love and faithfulness for the truth of what he had told them.] Our Lord further acquaints them with the reason of his ascending thither : II. The end of his ascension thither — All which our…
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1 . That he shall " come again " — [The high-priest, after offering incense within the vail, was to come out and bless the people. This was a type of our Lord's return from heaven when he shall have finished his work of intercession there k.] 2. That he shall take his people to dwell with him — [He had promised t…
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clay. Others are upright in their conversation, while yet their views of divine truth -are very imperfect. Such the Apostles shewed themselves all the time of our Lord's sojourning on earth : nor could the plainest instructions wholly eradicate the errors in which they had been educated from their earliest years.…
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2. The truth— [As the Disciples might not be able to reconcile this with the ceremonial law, which appeared to prescribe other means of access to God, our Lord informed them that the legal sacrifices were only shadows, of which he was the substance; and figurative representations, of which he was the truth. There…
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which sinners have sought to hide themselves from the dis- pleasure of God ] But there is no way to God but through Christ — [Nothing can be plainer than our Lord's assertion. If we ask, What is the way to God ? He answers, ' I am.' If we inquire, What other way there is ? He answers, ' None.' If we wish to be in…
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3. Those who have already come to God — [Yes ; blessed be God, many have come, through Christ as their way, and by Christ as their life : and O, whither are they going ? to their Father's house, whither Christ is gone before to prepare a place for them ! What a joyful thought ! every day and hour brings them neare…
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also when " they disputed amongst themselves which of them should be the greatest.'1 Their views, also, of the Messiah's kingdom were extremely erroneous ; insomuch that, when our blessed Lord told them what was coming upon him, " Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, That be far from thee, Lorda." In …
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The satisfaction, too, which they expressed, at the expected result of such a manifestation, could not but be pleasino- to their Lord and Master : " Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us." It must not be forgotten here, that the Lord Jesus had been speaking to them of his expected departure, an event which…
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Yet nothing could be more mild than, II. The reproof administered — ' Here let us mark, 1. How decisive was our Lord's assertion — [" Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Belie vest tho…
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and impious conceit k: whereas, Jesus, though he spoke of " his Father as doing the works," spoke of himself as concur- ring with the Father, in a way of personal and independent exertion1. And as this had been his habit from the beginning, he might well expect that his Apostles should have compre- hended his mean…
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defective would they all be found! Had Philip's error not been pointed out, he would probably have taken credit to himself as deserving the highest commendation : whereas his words rather merited reproof. Let us not, then, be too confi- dent respecting any of our services as pleasing and acceptable to God. At all …
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John xiv. 13, 14. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. THE Gospel is properly termed " glad tidings of great joy:" it finds men guilty; and reveals to them a way in which their iniquities may be pardoned…
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acceptance with God for his sake. We should come trusting in his sacrifice, and pleading the merit of his blood. This is indispensable in all our addresses at the throne of grace. We must not think of asking for any thing, but in His name". But if we have a becoming respect to him, we need not be straitened in our…
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the authority of God was established over the hearts of men : and all the perfections of the Father were magnified and adored. Similar effects are produced by every communication of his grace to the souls of men ; who are thereby " turned from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God." Only trace …
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coming to a holy God in their own name : and consequently they do not depend so entirely on the merits of Christ as the only ground of their hopes ; nor do they plead those merits for the acceptance of their prayers, as they ought : hence it is that the Father does not hear their prayers ; and that the Lord Jesus …
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THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO OBEDIENCE. ohnxiv. 15 — 17. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Com- forter, that he may abide with you for ever ; even the Spirit of truth : whom the world, cannot receive, because it seethhim not, neither knowe…
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Enlarging on this promise, our Lord shews his Disciples, II. What a distinguished blessing they are privileged to enjoy— This divine Comforter is known to none but Christ's obedient followers — [" The world knows him not, nor can, in fact, receive him." As " the Spirit of truth" he spake in all the prophets : b…
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2. The benefit of self-devotion — [We suppose that some of you at least are giving up yourselves to the Lord in a way of holy and unreserved b Rom. viii. 9. obedience : look up then to heaven, and there you may see the Saviour interceding for you. There too you may see the Holy Spirit of God just ready to come do…
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a risen Saviour; whereas his life is not at all less connected with our salvation than his death. His life is the ground and confirmation of all our hopes — [What do we most wish to be assured of, in reference to Christ ? We wish to know that he was indeed the Son of God, and not a common man — that he ivas sent …
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Here let it be considered how our Lord is occu- pied, and what he has engaged to do for his believing people : 1. He intercedes for them — [As the high-priest, after offering his sacrifice, went within the vail to sprinkle the blood upon the mercy-seat, and to burn incense before it, so did our Lord ascend to hea…
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[Were Christ unconnected with us in his present state, we might well doubt the expediency of putting our trust in him : but when we are informed that his almighty power is always occupied in forwarding our salvation, we should in- stantly commit ourselves into his hands, and expect from him all that our necessitie…
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John xiv. 21. He that hath my commandments, and keepelh, them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. IT is supposed by many, that to profess an assur- ance of our acceptance with God is the very height of presumption. But…
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love the Lord Jesus Christ, who manifest a due regard for his commandments : 1. Who " have them" in their hearts — [Those who " love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity" desire a perfect conformity to his mind and will. With this view they study his commandments: they do not read them in a cursory way, but meditat…
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any one, Thou fool ;" but rather to " turn the left cheek to any one that smites them on the right," and to " forgive him not only seven times, but seventy times seven." They are not unlike a mariner that is ordered to cruize in a given latitude. There is no visible object in the ocean to which he directs his way …
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It is not possible to enlarge our expectations too much, if only we confine them within the promises of God. As surely as we attain this character, 1. We shall possess his favour — [Much as " he abhors all the workers of iniquity," he will retain no unkind thought towards us: on the contrary, "he will love us," a…
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[That there are those who profess religion and yet griev- ously dishonour it by their conduct, is a melancholy truth ; and that the prejudices of many against religion are hereby greatly strengthened, is also true : but religion is no more accountable for the inconsistencies of those who profess it, than reason is…
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John xv. 1, 2. I am the vine, and my Father is the husband- man. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he <purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. THE union which subsists between Christ and his Church is mysterious: the Scripture sets it forth both …
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The change wrought in them has been only partial : they bring not forth such fruit as the living branches do.] These the Father " taketh away" — [They are a disgrace to the vine, and to the husbandman himself: he, however, exercises forbearance towards them1. His culture of them, in the meantime, shews their unfru…
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John xv. 5. Without me ye can do nothing. THE various systems of heathen philosophers were all calculated to confirm the pride of man : the ten- dency of the Gospel, on the contrary, is to humble and abase the soul. Its sublimest doctrines are by far the most humiliating. The sovereignty of God, for instance, ann…
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Spirit of God, who " opens the eyes of the understanding," constrains the will, and purifies the affections, and thus, in fact, makes the person so changed, " a new creature V But our Lord's illustration will place the matter in the clearest light. " Christ is a vine : his people are the branches ;" and by- virtu…
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[Where shall we find one from the beginning of the world to this hour, who ever served God but by a power derived immediately from God"? If any one think he have a power in himself to do good works, let him consult the tenth Article of our Church, which says, " The grace of God by Christ pre- vents us, that we may…
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Christ"1. Seek then to become living branches of the living vine : seek an union with the Lord Jesus Christ by faith : so shall you be enabled to bring forth fruit to his glory, and be approved by the Great Husbandman in the day that he shall come to inspect his vineyard11 — ] 2. Those who by faith are united to h…
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therein ?" Yea, he affirms, that however salvation by faith alone may appear to ignorant or prejudiced minds to supersede the necessity of good works, it has directly the opposite tendency: " Do we then make void the law through faith?" says he; " yea, we establish the law." If the objectors understood aright the…
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