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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 IV. PARDON ANi PEACE OBTAINED BY FAITH. Nahum i. 7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. I H i s beautiful description of the grace and goodness of the Lord, and the way in which he exercises it, interrupts the horror of the vengeful scenes of Nineveh's desolation. It is like the refreshing influence of some momentary beams of the sun on a cloudy tempestuous day. Such a gleam gladdens the face of nature, and bears her a comfortable witness, amidst the gloom, that the Lord has not forsaken her, and that by the power of the sun, even when its sensible light is withdrawn, he still preserves her from hopeless darkness, and gives an earnest of the restoration of its visible and genial influence. How comfortable, to the soul that longs for the light of God's countenance, to be informed, that the same God who is described in such colours of terrible and glorious holiness, through these three chapters, is yet good, a strong hold in the day of trouble, and that he knoweth them that trust in him? But how can such seeming opposites, as we so very frequently meet with in the Old Testament, in the description of the attributes of God, be reconciled, and each maintained in full force with full consistency? Nothing can be conceived so tremendous as the character of God, when described in the pomp of his greatness, the keen penetration of his wisdom, the thunder of his power, and the awful dignity of his justice. Again, what can be conceived so benevolent and gracious as the same God, when represented infinitely merciful, that par- doneth iniquity, and that delighteth in mercy ? Surely in Christ alone these seeming jarring views of the Divinity can be reconciled. God out of Christ is he, whom the whole human race...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217532211 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217532217 |
| Weight | 0.84 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $20.68 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 254 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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