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Horae Homileticae — Volume 16 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 269,554 words · 584 reading sections
1 Corinthians
^OLQGicM Si\K^t BS 491.5 .S5 1832 v. 16 Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836. Horae homi let icae London: AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCC XXXIII. Text. 1929. i. 4—9. 1930. i. 23, 24. 1931. i. 26—29. 1932. i. 30. 1933. ii. 2. 1934. ii. 3. 1935. ii. 4, 5. 1936. ii. 6. 1937. ii. 7. 1938. ii. 8. 1939.…
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Tem. Subject Page. 1956. Sin a malignant Leaven .... 158 1957. Christ our Passover 163 1958. vi. 9—11. God's Mercy to the vilest Sinners 166 1959. vi. 19, 20. The Duty of devoting Ourselves to God 170 1960. vii. 16. The Importance of Family Religion . 173 1961. vii. 24. Abiding in our Calling 17…
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Dlacoorse. Ten Siibjfct. Page. 1 2019. The Improvement to he made of the Doctrine of a future Judgment . 513 ! 2020. The Constraining Power of Christ's Love 515 2021. The Christian a new Creature 519 2022. The Ministry of Reconciliation . 523 2023. The Way of Reconciliation with God 526 2024. vi.…
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1 Cor. i. 4 — 9. / thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge ; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you : so that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of o…
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as venial at least, if not altogether indifferent. On every thing necessary for their welfare, the Apostle here communicates his sentiments freely : but in the commencement of his epistle he makes no difference between the Corinthians and the purest of all the Churches. He knew that if many among them were corrup…
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Two things in particular they had received, M^hich served to mark the saving efficacy of the Gospel ; namely, 1. An enhghtened mind — [They had been " enriched by Christ with all utterance and all knowledge." Distinct from miraculous gifts, there is in believei's a knowledge of an experimental kind, and an abili…
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one of us, even at the door ; for, on the instant of our depar- ture from the body, we are borne into the presence of our Judge, and have our portion for ever fixed. Hence the believer waits for his dissolution, as the promised commence- ment of everlasting joys. Others may wait, and even long, for death, as a ter…
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ChristV God pledges his own word, that " he will not suffer them to be tempted above that they are able™," but that "he will perfect that which concerneth them." When therefore we " pray to God that our whole spirit, soul, and body may be preserved blameless unto his heavenly kingdom," we are authorized to add, " …
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Here we see that the very things which God has promised to us, are to be obtained through the medium of our own faith and love and diligence. Without these, the end shall never be obtained (for God has connected the end with the means) : but through the continued exercise of these, the end is secured beyond a poss…
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THE TRUE LIGHT IN WHICH THE GOSPEL IS TO BE REGARDED. 1 Cor. i. 23, 24. We preach Christ crucified ; unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto them ivhich are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. THERE is a disposition in man to dictate to…
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traced to this source ; pardon, peace, holiness, glory, are its proper fruits. Without the atonement we could have received nothing ; but by and through it we may receive every thing. This also must be distinctly inculcated, if we would approve ourselves faithful stewards of the mysteries of Christ.] 3. Persuade m…
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is also " the wisdom of God ;" they behold in it every perfection of the Deity united and glorified, whilst on any other plan of salvation some of his perfections must be exalted at the expense of others : they see it also to be suited to the state of every individual in the universe, whilst every other plan of sal…
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THE OBJECTS OF GOD's CALL. 1 Cor. i. 26 — 29. Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the tvorld to confound the things …
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b Acts xviii. 8, 17. "^ Rom. xvi. 23. ^ Matt, xxvii. 57. Mark xv. 43. « Acts xiii. 7. f Acts xxvi. 18. the poor and unlearned? Let observation and experience decide the point. " You see your calling, brethren :" look at it, and judged : We are not afraid to make our appeal to your- selves ; for God himself appeal…
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3. Their delight in holy exercises — [The wise, and mighty, and noble will often perform religious duties with a commendable regularity: but they coniply with them rather as the institutions and customs of their country, than as exercises in which they find any plea- sure, or from which they expect to derive any p…
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Many and important are the lessons which we may LEARN from hence — 1. That God acts sovereignly in the disposal of his gifts — [We should not hesitate, if any one presumed to direct us in the disposal of our own favours, to put this question to him ; " Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own^?" Yet…
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3. That they are the wisest people who covet the best gifts — [It is generally accounted folly to " seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness"^ ;" but the time will come when it will appear to have been the truest wisdom. Indeed " the fear of the Lord is the very beginning of wisdom' ;" insomuch ' 1 Ti…
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1 Cor. i. 30. Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto tis wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctijication, and redemption. HABITUATED as we have been from our early childhood to read the Holy Scriptures, and to hear them read in public, it is surprising that we do not gain a more clear and accurate k…
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own. On a supposition that either of these positions were not true, what occasion would there be that all good should be treasured up for us in another, to be received from him ? But they are true. — It is a fact, that we are destitute of all good in ourselves ; for in ourselves we are ignorant, guilty, polluted, …
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But I observed that there is yet further implied in my text, not only that we are destitute of all good in ourselves, but that xve are hicapable of acquir'mg it e Heb. X. 29. f Rom. iii. 19. e Eph. ii. 3. h 2 Tim. ii. 2(). ' Eph. ii. 2. by any pozaer of our orcn. Were not this true, there would, as I have before …
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from our souls. Nor can we even abstain from con- tracting fresh guilt : for there is imperfection in our best deeds : our very tears need to be washed, and our repentances to be repented of. Even St. Paul himself, eminent as he was, could do nothing on which he could rely for his justification before God ; and t…
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text : and by a just vrew of this we are prepared to consider, secondly, what is expressed. In perfect correspondence with the foregoing truths, we find in our text two things expressed, viz. that God has treasured up for us ift Christ all the good that we stand in need of: and that He will freely bestow it on ev…
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rays. And so is " Christ the light and Hfe of the whole world ;" as it is written, " With thee is the fountain of life ; and in thy hght shall we see light'." This is yet more fully expressed in our text, which declares, that Christ shall he made all unto us, even zmsdoju, and righteousness, and sanctification, an…
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have a righteousness fully answering all the require- ments of God's holy law, and satisfying the demands of his inflexible justice. Clothed in the robe of Christ's perfect righteousness, we shall be so pure that God will not behold in us a spot or blemish'. Not the angels before the throne of God shall shine mor…
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unregenerate state. Formerly we had no taste for them, no pleasure in them : now we are never so happy as when we get access to God in these duties : it is even " as marrow and fatness to our souls, when we can praise our God with joyful lips^." True, " the flesh will yet lust against the spirit, as well as the s…
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Mark then, I pray you, how entirely salvation is of grace from first to last. You have seen what provision God has made for us in our low estate. You have seen what he has laid up for us in Christ, and what Christ is made unto us, even all that we stand in need of. But you have not seen how it is that Christ is m…
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Now I entreat your attention to this. Do not rob God of his glory. Do not ascribe any thing to your- selves, but give him the glory of your salvation from first to last. If you could go up to heaven, you would not find one soul there that arrogates any thing to himself. All with one heart and one voice are singin…
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attainments of your own, as your warrant to go to him, or to hope in him : your hope must be founded wholly on the sufficiency of his atonement, and the perfection of the righteousness which he wrought out for you. I do not mean that you are to be remiss m your obedience ; but you are not to rely ufon it. In poin…
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or of his sufficiency. Then you must, as a poor perishing sinner, look to Christ, to wash you in his blood, and to clothe you in the unspotted robe of his righteousness. Then, having obtained a hope of acceptance through him, you must seek to be " sanc- tified throughout, in body, soul, and spirit." And further, …
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unto God and the Father, to him be glory and domi- nion for ever and ever. Amen'." Lastly, seek these blessings with a due confidence that you shall not seek in vain. Recollect, who were the persons of whom these things were spoken ? They were sinners of no common stamp. Such were the enormities which many of the…
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We should consider in Sacred Scripture what is implied as well as what is expressed. So did Christ (Matt. xxii. 32,) and so will we. I. What is implied. L That we are destitute of all good in ourselves — We are ignorant, guilty, polluted, and enslaved — 2. That we are incapable of attaining it by any power of ou…
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1 Cor. ii. 2. I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. IN different ages of the world it has pleased God to reveal himself to men in different ways ; some- times by visions, sometimes by voices, sometimes by suggestions of his Spirit to their minds : but since the comple…
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to be well assured, that they set before their people " the sincere unadulterated milk of the word ;" that in no respect they " corrupt the word of God," or " handle it deceitfully ; but by manifestation of the truth commend themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God\" Hence it appears that we all a…
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convert their souls : it was the doctrine of the cru- cifixion that he insisted on ; and he opened it to them in all its bearings and connexions. This he calls " the -preaching of the cross:" and it consisted of such a representation of " Christ crucified, as was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks fo…
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it with augmented energy ; " As we said before, so say I now again. If any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed ^." To the death of Christ he ascribes every blessing we possess. We are " reconciled to God by the blood of his cross ;" we are '' brought nigh to him," …
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seen the force of it, or been led by it to just views of Christ as the Fountain " in whom all fulness dwells," and " from whose fulness we must all receive, even grace for grace." But we have observed, that there is another view in which the Apostle speaks of the death of Christ, namely, as a motive to our obedie…
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which nothing could damp : privations, labours, im- prisonments, deaths, were of no account in his eyes ; " none of these things moved him, neither counted he his life dear unto him, so that he might but finish his course with joy, and fulfil the ministry that was committed to him." But what was the principle by …
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his doctrines would have merited the odium which has most unjustly been cast upon them. But on neither side did he err : he forgot neither the foundation nor the superstructure: he distinguished properly be- tween them, and kept each in its place : and hence with great propriety adopted the determination in our t…
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now, the term evangelical is used as a term of re- proach. We mean not to justify any persons what- soever in using unnecessary terms of distinction, more especially if it be with a view to depreciate others, and to aggrandize themselves : but still the distinctions which are made in Scripture must be made by us …
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the importance of the doctrine must be so felt, as to make us determine never to know any thing else, either for the salvation of our own souls, or for the subject of our public ministrations. Viewing its transcendent excellency, we must rejoice and glory in it ourselves, and shew forth its fruits in a life of en…
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they are counted worthy to suffer shame, if shame it be, for Christ's sake ?" The fact is indisputable, that the Apostle's commission was to preach Christ cruci- fied ; — to preach, I say, that chietly, that' constantly, that exclusively: and therefore he was justified in his determination to " know nothing else :…
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He hears the Saviour saying, " This is hfe eternal, to know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent ;" and having attained that knowledge, he trusts that the word of Christ shall be fulfilled to him : he already exults in the language of the Apostle, " Who is he that condemneth ? it is Christ…
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then that he determined to insist on this subject, and nothing else ; since, whether in the removing of guilt from the conscience, or of corruption from the soul, nothing could bear any comparison with this. Further, He determined to know nothing but this subject, — because nothing could he added to it zcnthoitt …
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he will not work by it ; because he would have " our faith to stand, not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." Hence St. Paul, though eminently qualified to set it forth with all the charms of oratory, purposely laid aside " all excellency of speech or of wisdom in declaring the testimony of God," and "…
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do we not find that there is an almost universal jea- lousy on the subject of the Gospel, that those who most labour to tread in the Apostle's steps, are often most branded with opprobrious names ? Do we not find that his views of the Gospel are calumniated now, precisely as they were in the days of the Apostle h…
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Lastly, Let us make manifest the ivisdom of our de- termination by the holiness of our lives. The doctrine of Christ crucified ever did, and ever will appear ^^foolishness" in the eyes of ungodly men ; so that, if it be preached by an Apostle him- self, he shall be accounted by them a babbler and deceiver. But th…
339 wordsSECTION 48The Feelings Of A Faithful Minister.
1 Cor. ii. 3. I was with you in iveakiiess, and in fear, and in much trembling. THERE was one subject on which St. Paul de- hghted chiefly to expatiate, which was, " Christ crucified ;" a subject which to the Jews was a stum- bhng-block, and to the Greeks foohshness. The mode on which he insisted upon it, contrib…
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trial, such as are common to all who execute the minis- terial office. What these are, and what corresponding feelings they call for amongst a believing people, it is our present intention to inquire. We will shew, I. The feelings experienced by a faithful minister — However light many think of the ministerial of…
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of sound doctrine and the refutation of error, as also for the correction of every thing that is wrong in practice, and the promotion of universal righteousness*^: he should be " a scribe well instructed unto the kingdom of God," and able to meet every case with suitable instruction. He should also be endued with …
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word which we preach to them, if it be not " a savour of life unto Hfe, becomes to them a savour of death unto deaths." If we had not laboured among them, " they would not, com- paratively, have had sin : but now they have no cloak for their sin*':" the more they are, like Capernaum, exalted in their privileges, t…
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Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me™!" To this he confidently looked, as to an infallible source of blessings to his own soul", And of success to his ministerial exertions"! This therefore is the duty of every one, in return for th…
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when you look back upon the opportunities which you have neglected to improve ? Have you no reason to fear, lest he who seeks your eternal welfare, and longs above all thino-s to have you as his " joy and crown of rejoicing in the last day," should, after all, be a swift witness against you to your ever- lasting c…
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1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. My speech and viy preaching teas not ivith en- ticing icords of mans u'isdom, hut in demoyistration of the Spirit and of power : that your faith should not stand iji the wisdom of men, hut in the poiver of God. IN the education of persons for the mmistry, it is justly thought that all possible att…
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looked not to the powers of language, to impress the minds of his hearers, but to the Spirit of the living God ; whose energy needed no artificial aid, and whose power was amply sufficient to carry conviction to the soul. He was taught to expect from God such attestations to his word. He was enabled, indeed, to co…
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2. To those who hear — [The same simplicity of mind as befits your minister, be- comes you also. You should not wish for displays of oratory, or affect that preaching which savours of human wisdom : you should desire only " the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby." You should be on your guard again…
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1 Cor. ii. 6. We speak wisdom among them that are perfect. THESE words appear, at first sight, to have an air of conceit and arrogance : and, if uttered by an un- inspired man in reference to lucubrations of his own, they might perhaps be not unjustly condemned, as betraying in the speaker, and generating in the …
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revealed to man in Paradise : and all the knowledge which is at this very hour possessed by the Principalities and Powers of heaven respecting it, is derived to them through the progres- sive revelation made of it to the Church by the Prophets and Apostles of succeeding ages'*. Even under the Mosaic dispen- sation…
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may be, God will apprehend them, and bring them to his Son', and " keep them unto the end," and " perfect in them the good work he has begun™." Of those whom from eternity he has given to his Son, " not one shall be losf^," " not one be ever plucked out of his hands"." At the same time, all his own perfections sha…
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1. Because they alone feel their need of the salva- tion revealed in it — [Others know not their lost estate : they see no such evil in sin, but that it may be atoned for by some little act of pe- nance, and be counterbalanced by a few self-righteous and formal services. What then can they want of such a provision…
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