I find myself indignant concerning much preaching and teaching which portrays the Christ as a soft and pliant friend of everybody, a painted, plastic figure without any spine and involved in no way with justice.… Every one of us is going to be finally accountable to the One who gave us being. We are accountable … Continue reading “ACCOUNTABILITY;
AMERICA: GREATNESS”
ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
“Now the Lord is that Spirit.” 2 Cor. 3:17. The Apostle had been showing how the gospel ministry was superior to that of the law: The time being now come when types and shadows should be laid aside, and we should be invited to our duty by the manly and ingenuous motives of a clear … Continue reading “ON
THE HOLY SPIRIT”
ON PUBLIC DIVERSIONS
“Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not done it?” Amos 3:6. It is well if there are not too many here who are too nearly concerned in these words of the Prophet; the plain sense of … Continue reading “ON
PUBLIC DIVERSIONS”
ON LOVE
“Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.” 1 Cor. 13:3. [1.] There is great reason to fear that it will hereafter be said of most of you who are here present, that this scripture, as … Continue reading “ON
LOVE”
ON GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT
“Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” Eph. 4:30. There can be no point of greater importance to him who knows that it is the Holy Spirit which leads us into all truth and into all holiness, than to consider with what temper of soul we … Continue reading “ON
GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT”
ON THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
“But some man will say, how are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?” 1 Cor. 15:35. The Apostle having, in the beginning of this chapter, firmly settled the truth of our Saviour’s resurrection, adds, “Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you, … Continue reading “ON
THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD”
ON CORRUPTING THE WORD OF GOD
“We are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” 2 Cor. 2:17. [1.] Many have observed, that nothing conduces more to a Preacher’s success with those that hear him, than a general good opinion of his … Continue reading “ON
CORRUPTING THE WORD OF GOD”
ON MOURNING FOR THE DEAD
“Now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” 2 Sam. 12:23. The resolution of a wise and good man, just recovering the use of his reason and virtue, after the bitterness of soul he had tasted from … Continue reading “ON
MOURNING FOR THE DEAD”
TRUE CHRISTIANITY DEFENDED
“How is the faithful city become an harlot!” Isa. 2:21. 1. “When I bring the sword upon a land, saith the Lord, if the watchman blow the trumpet, and warn the people; then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall … Continue reading “TRUE
CHRISTIANITY DEFENDED”
PREACHED ON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. JOHN FLETCHER, VICAR OF MADELEY, SHROPSHIRE
“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the end of that man is peace.” Ps. 37:37. In the preceding verses, taken together with this, there is a beautiful contrast between the death of a wicked and that of a good man. “I myself,” says the Psalmist, “have seen the ungodly in great power, … Continue reading “PREACHED
ON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. JOHN FLETCHER, VICAR OF MADELEY,
SHROPSHIRE”