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Discourses Illustrative of the Nature and Work of the Holy Spirit and Other Papers
Discourses Illustrative of the Nature and Work of the Holy Spirit and Other Papers Author:Samuel Seabury General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1874 Original Publisher: Pott, Young Subjects: Sermons, American Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Episcopalian Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the ori... more »ginal. 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: V. A Discourse delivered at the Church of the Annunciation, on the First Sunday in Advent, 1846. Regenebation. I. N. D. P. F. et S. 8. Amen. " But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: " Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." -- St. John i. 12, 13. The person and ministry of our blessed Lord, His miracles and doctrines, His resurrection and ascension, are not dependent on the faith of those who receive Him. On the contrary, our faith is dependent on Him. Suppose Him never to have existed, and our faith in Him could never exist; suppose our faith in Him not to exist, yet He abideth forever. And not only our Lord's existence, but His presence, also, is independent on the faith of those who receive Him. When He came on earth, and made Himself present to the Jewish people, and wrought miracles in the midst of them, and proclaimed to them the words of eternal life, we read that some received and others rejected Him. Both the one and the other, however, saw His person and actions, and heard His words. He was, therefore, equally present to both; nor, indeed, is it easy to conceive how the one could have received and the other rejected Him, unless He had been present to both. We may lay it down, then, as an incontrovertible fact, that the presence of our blessed L...« less