PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 14 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 258,605 words · 560 reading sections
584 Acts, Xxvi. 28, 29. [1814.
than if he had been altogether destitute of light'1. Every hour that he continues to fight against his convictions, greatly aug- ments his guilte, and insures a heavier condemnation f. The Judge of quick and dead hath told us, " that the man that knew his Lord's will and did it not, shall be beaten with many strip…
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the same as he, we should still " forget what was behind, and reach forward to that which is before, and press toward the mark for the prize of our high calling." We are far from saying, that none are Christians indeed till they have attained his stature: but we must caution all against thinking them- selves Chris…
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may all with one heart and one mind devote yourselves to him instantly and without reserve.] 2. Those who think themselves altogether per- suaded to embrace Christ — [It is not uncommon to feel a very fervent desire to serve the Lord at one time, and afterwards to relapse into a state of coldness and indifference…
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Now this is exactly the office of faith in relation to every b Acts xxi. 31. c Acts xxii. 22. d Acts xxiii. 10. e Acts xxiii. 14, 15. f Acts xxv. 2, 3, 9—11. s ver. 24. word of God. Whether God threaten or promise, we must regard the event as certain. Much is told us in the inspired volume respecting the salvation…
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believing", yea " with joy unspeakable and glorified0"- Uur anticipation of a successful issue to our conflicts will be almost, as it were, an antepast of heaven p. Nor shall we be disappointed of our hope at last*. Our way may be « through much tribulation : yea, we may « be scarcely saved'," that is, with vast d…
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But, blessed be God, they have " an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast." " The promises made to us in Christ, are sure to all the seed." However imminent our danger may appear, we should not despond : " there is help laid for us on One that is mighty," on One, who is " able to save to the uttermost all th…
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people and to dry their clothes, St. Paul gladly exerted himself for the general good, and, gathering a bundle of sticks, put them on the fire. But a viper that had lain concealed in the fagot, no sooner felt the heat, than he seized the hand of Paul, and held it fast with his teeth. Paul however, betraying no fe…
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and Christ himself, as judicially stricken and smitten of their God".] Afterwards, they considered it as an evidence that he was a god — [As the heathen imagined that there was a superior Being who punished sin, so they believed that their gods sometimes " came down to them in the likeness of mene." Hence, when …
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invested were not credentials only, for the authenticating of their divine mission, but means also of recommending the Cxospel to the attention and acceptance of men. And we shall do well to regard the various events that are now passing in the world as calls from God to embrace and hold fast the Gospel of Christ.…
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safely commit every event to himm, assured, that he will " bring forth our righteousness as the noon-day," if not in this world, yet most certainly in the world to come.] m 1 Cor. iv. 3. Acts xxviii. 22. We desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest : for as concerning this sect, we know that every zohere it is sp…
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his pretensions to be in direct opposition to God's revealed will ; and his religion to be a system of impiety altogether The Gentiles also, finding that Christianity required an utter dereliction of all their false gods, and at the same time pre- sented to them no visible object of worship, accounted all its prof…
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ready to number themselves among its warmest advocates. It is hated on many accounts ; 1 . As too humiliating in its representations — [It represents the whole human race as in a state of guilt and condemnation, and as utterly incapable of delivering them- selves by any thing that they can do. It presents to their…
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with all the common offices of life : and we are represented as making the way to heaven so strait, that none but a few devotees can hope to enter into it. Thus the truth of God is in reality traduced, as in the days of old, and, though the name of Christianity is honoured, the life and power of it are despised.] …
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1. Give a specific answer to the question our- selves— [Is it asked by any, " What thinkest thou" of the Gospel itself, and of the people who profess it ? We reply, that, in our judgment, the plain simple doctrine of salvation by faith in our Lord J'esus Christ, is, " the wisdom of God, and the power of God, ' ev…
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be not that which thou shouldest makep? If the circumstance of the Lord's people being universally "evil spoken of" appear an argument against them, know, that it is greatly in their favour ; and that, if you belong to a party that is not universally evil spoken of by the ungodly world, you are not of the party to…
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But, alas ! the greater part of them rejected his tes- timony, and drew from him that solemn admonition, which had, many hundred years before, been given to their fathers : he told them that they were given up to judicial blindness ; and that the consolation which he in vain sought amongst them, he should find am…
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this idea of the Gospel is erroneous : for the Gospel excludes boasting altogether a. The truth is, that the Gospel is a revelation of " salvation," of salvation wrought out for us by the Son of God ; wrought out, I say, entirely by his obedience unto death. It views men as lost, entirely lost and undone in themse…
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We cannot but observe the solemnity with which the Apostle's affirmations are introduced. But there was occasion for it, because the things which he as- serted appeared altogether incredible. He asserted, 1. That the Gospel salvation was sent to the Gen- tiles— [Of this the Jews had no conception. Being habituate…
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To God nothing is impossible ; and he who has thus far accomplished his word, will certainly fulfil it to the end. The grain of mustard-seed shall become a great tree, and all the birds of heaven shall come and dwell under its shadow.] In this subject will be found abundant matter, 1. For reproof — [It is in this…
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to carry it? for " they cannot believe, unless they hear: nor can they hear without a preacher." O that there were amongst us more, whose hearts the Lord had " touched with a live coal from ofT his altar," that when he says, " Who will go for us?" would immediately reply, " Here am I, send me!" This was the prophe…
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Public domain historical edition (1833); scan/OCR from Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.