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Sermons on Various Subjects Wherein Many Things Relating to Christian Experience, and the Future State, Are Set in a Fair and Easy Light.
Sermons on Various Subjects Wherein Many Things Relating to Christian Experience and the Future State Are Set in a Fair and Easy Light Author:Isaac Watts Title: Sermons on Various Subjects... Wherein Many Things Relating to Christian Experience, and the Future State, Are Set in a Fair and Easy Light. Together With a Sacred Hymn Annexed to Each Subject General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1723 Original Publisher: Printed for John and Barham Clark, at the Bible and Cro... more »wn in the Poultry, near Cheapside; Eman. Matthews, at the Bible in Pater-noster-row; and Richard Ford, at the Angel in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market Subjects: Sermons, English Music / Religious / Hymns Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching 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 books for free. Excerpt: SERMON IV. Faith the Way to Salvation. Rom. i. 16. . The Gafpe! of Cbrift, - it is the fPo"wtr 0f Gd unto Salvation. to every one that Believeth, to the Jew firft, and alfo to the Greek. 'K frequent and familiar Word in the Mouth of all who call them- felves Chriftians. It is a fore of AjO'everation or Oath a- mong the loofer and meaner part of Mankind ; As I hope to be fav'd. But little do they know what Salvation means. All the Notion they have of it is this, that they would be fayed from going down to Hell, a Place of Fire and Torment, and that they would go up to ffettveit- "when they die, to fame fine unknown jkinwg Place: above the Skies, -where they jhall be free from all Pain and Uneajihefs. This. is the ut- moft Point to which their Idea reaches, and I think I have hit their Senfe exactly in this Defcription. Alas ! Poor ignorant Creatures! They have no Thought of being faved from Sin, of having their Hearts made holy, their finful Inclinations rectified, their Paffions fubdued or refined, their Love turn...« less