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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SERMON III. THE WICKED SALTED BY FIRE, THE RIGHTEOUS BY GRACE. MARK ix. 40. For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 1 He true meaning of this passage can scarce be ascertained without referring to the preceding words. Our Saviour was shewing the absolute necessity of crucifying the affections and lusts. Every man, who sets out for the kingdom of heaven, will find something or other which offends him; some favourite passion or idol, which directly stands in his way, and forbids his progress. Conscience points out the necessity of parting with it. Strong inclination says, Spare it, spare it; and specious reasonings are sought out to vindicate the indulgence. But, if it be like a hand, a foot, or an eye, it must be cut off, it must be plucked out. Christ brings the matter into a very close compass, and reduces us to a dilemma: either part with it, or go into hell-fire. Whether is the better way? Mankind are slow to believe this. If it be possible to make his meaning appeardifferent, they will attempt it. Christ knows this; and therefore, in several verses before the text, he repeats (we may suppose very probably for this very reason) the same thought several times, to the end that no man, unwilling to part with his sins, may flatter himself with hope of salvation. And, to cut off all hope of being .saved in the next life, he repeats again and again, that the worm shall never die, and the fire shall never be quenched. Opinions, which I may justly call damnable ones, against the eternity of hell, he knew would be broached by men who turn the grace of God into lasci- viousness. And could sinful men verily believe that this would be the case; that, even after many years' punishment in hell, they might still be delivered from to...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217320856 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217320856 |
| Weight | 0.79 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 In |
| List Price | $19.94 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 240 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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