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Three Sermons Preached by Mr. John Wilkinson
Three Sermons Preached by Mr John Wilkinson Author:John Wilkinson 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: let not the enemy gain any advantage over us in this way. " Wherefore should a living man complain for the punishment of his sins ?" But the punishment of sin is... more » not the expiation of sin. Let us then seek unto God, that through His hlessed Spirit we may he brought truly to His heloved Son. That by faith in Him we may have peace with God. Rejoicing, then, in the glory of God, with those who do for evermore rejoice, even with them who are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, may we stand before the throne, offering that praise which is for ever and for evermore His due, and be it rendered unto Him, and to His beloved Son, with the Holy Spirit, world without end. SERMON II. PREACHED AT THE FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE. MANCHESTER, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 1834. " The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." [John, V. 25, 28, 2!).]— It seems to me impossible, my beloved friends, to contemplate words more solemn than these. I acknowledge that my very soul is prostrate in the consideration of them,—especially when I feel, asI now do, an unusual degree of incapacity to treat on a subject so inexpressibly awful; so tbat whilst, according to ability, supplicating for the merciful help of God, that he may be pleased to be with us this morning, and that our hearts may be bowed before him in humble, fervent prayer, I have to desire that that prayer may in some degree be offered on my account; that nothing may escape my lips that should be in any degree contrary to his bles...« less