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Sermons and Letters. to Which Is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author
Sermons and Letters to Which Is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author Author:John Richards General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1827 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 I. Genesis iii. 6, 7. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. THE chapter from which these words are taken, and which our Church has appointed as the first lesson for this morning's service, is confessedly one of the most important as well as one of the most melancholy chapters in the Bible. It calls for our deepest and most serious attention; for we may truly say, here is the foundation of all real Christianity. Here, alone, can we learn the true and real account of the introduction of sin and misery into the world; and here we have the firstpromise, which makes known the method of recovery from this universal evil, and which is the foundation of all the other promises of Scripture. It is evident, brethren, that the Gospel, as a scheme of redemption and salvation, is founded on the supposition of man's fall, and consequent ruin: it cannot be understood, it cannot possibly be valued, unless this is admitted. If man is not a fallen creature, he does not need a Saviour. Salvation itself would be a word without a meaning, and all the rich and gracious provision made for man's restoration would be altogether vain and unintelligible. The end of Christ's coming into the world is declared to be to save sinners; as he himself says, " to seek and to save that which was lost;" that is, all, without exception or limitation, who are inc...« less