Sermons on Practical Subjects
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ISBN13: 9780217988636
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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. Luke, xviii. i9. He that humbleth himfelfJhall be exalted. AS man fell by pride, it is reafonable to conclude that he can only rife again by humility; and here we are taught that this is the exprefs ordination and appointment of God; for thus faith the faithful and true Witnefs, ' Every one that exalteth himfelf fhall be abafed; and he that humbleth himfelf mall ' be exalted. I cannot therefore employ your time to better purpofe, efpecially upon fuch an occafion as this, than in opening the nature of true humiliation, and endeavouring to il- luftrate the neceffity and ufe of it, to prepare our hearts for thofe enriching communications both of mercy and grace which our Saviour, in this paflage, encourageth us to expect. I begin with opening the nature of true humihumiliation. This takes its rife from fpiritual difcoveries of the evil of fin, as the tranfgref- fion of a law which is holy, juft, and good; as an aft of outrageous and unprovoked rebellion againft the rriildeft, as well as the moft righteous adminiftration; as the bafeft ingratitude to our kirideft Benefactor, the Author of our being, and of all that we poflefs; and efpecially as it renders us unlike to him who is not only the ftandard but the fource of per- fe
| ISBN-13 | 9780217988636 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217988636 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 158 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-09-01 |
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