Theology Explained and Defended
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ISBN13: 9780217300087
Paperback|9780217300087
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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 XCIV. THE tAW OP OOD. THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT.' HUMILITY. '6.?Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for God reritteth the proud, andgiveth grace to the humble. IN the preceding discourse I considered, at some length, that exercise of love to God which is styled Reverence. I will now proceed to examine the kindred virtue of Humility, an attribute which seems to differ from Reverence not so much in its nature as in its object. God is the object of reverence; ourselves, of humility. The state of the mind in the exercise of these Christian graces seems to be the same. It is hardly possible that he, who is now employed in reverencing his Maker, when casting his eye towards himself, should fail of being deeply humbled by a view of his own circumstances and character. Before I enter upon this examination, however, it will be proper to observe, that there are other modes in which love to God is exerted; and which, although not demanding a particular discussion here, are yet of high importance, and well deserve to be mentioned. They deserve to be mentioned because of their importance. The reasons why they do not claim a particular discussion are, that more time would be demanded by it, than can well be spared from the examination of such subjects as require a more minute attention; and that they may be sufficiently understood from the observations made on the other exercises of piety. Among these, the first place is naturally due to Admiration. By this I mean the train of emotions, excited in a good mind by the wonderful nature of the various works of God, and the amazing power, and skill, and goodness, which they unfold. God, saith Eliphaz, Jobv.9, doth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number. These...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217300087 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217300081 |
| Weight | 1.56 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.08 In |
| List Price | $31.26 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 484 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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