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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: (22) SERMON II. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN'S BURDEN, AND EXERCISE UNDER IT. Rom. vii. 24.? 0 wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death? These words present us with a good man in great distress; wounded in spirit; and a wounded spirit who can bear 1 When a Christian sees his foul face, heart and hands, in the glass of the holy law, he is filled with shame and sorrow; and readily gives vent to his grief in the Apostle's words, 0 wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? You and I may be ready to think, that if we had as much grace, as much communion with God, and knowledge of his secrets as Paul had, when he uttered this doleful complaint, we should reckon ourselves the happiest men in the world, and be always praising the Lord. But none of God's children have any useless talents. Strong grace is commonly yoked with strong corruption. This great man, notwithstanding his high attainments, is in a deep plunge; and out of the depths he cries unto the Lord, 0 wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? 1. In the words he complains of his wretchedness, and bewails it from a deep sense and feeling of it; 0 wretched man that I am Strange what ails the man 1 why does he thus groan ? what makes the great Christian, the great Apostle and preacher of Jesus Christ, the special favourite of heaven, Paul, to call himself a wretched man? has he lost his health? has he lost his friends? is he imprisoned?is he under reproach and persecution ? No: all these things he could have home; yea, in all these things he could have rejoiced, and even gloried, that the power of Christ might rest upon him, (2 Cor. xii. 9. But he was in hot conflict with that great enemy of God, and of all g...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217922333 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217922333 |
| Weight | 0.73 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.51 In |
| List Price | $19.84 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 222 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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