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The Moral Tendency of Divine Revelation Asserted and Illustrated, in 8 Discourses Preached at the Lect. Founded by J. Bampton
The Moral Tendency of Divine Revelation Asserted and Illustrated in 8 Discourses Preached at the Lect Founded by J Bampton Author:John Jones General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1821 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SERMON III. Gen. i. 27. So God created man in his own image, in image of God created He him. WE have already seen how absolutely necessary it is, in order to form correct ideas of Religion, that we should have proper notions of that Supreme Being to whom religious service is due: it is in the next place of great importance to understand the nature of man3, by whom that a Since writing this Discourse, I have had an opportunity of consulting the learned Bishop Bull's Treatise on the State of Man before the Fall. The reader will of course find there much valuable matter, with the opinions of the ancient Fathers, laboriously collected; but I cannot help thinking that the excellent author has admitted some distinctions suited rather to our present than our original condition. Where all was from God, and not yet impaired by man's sin, it seems difficult to understand the difference between natural and supernatural. service is to be paid; to know, with as much precision as can be attained, what are his propensities and capacities, what are his relations, what the end of his being, and how he is fitted to answer that end. For as the duty of every creature must be suited to the capacities and propensities with which it has been really endowed by its Maker, so those capacities being known will materially assist us in ascertaining the duty. And to comprehend this in any satisfactory degree, it is requisite that we should be informed of his origin. For that only is the true nature of man, as of every other being, with which he was originally invested by the hand of Him, who bestowed his existence upon him. If...« less