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Twenty Plain Sermons on the Principal Doctrines of the Gospel
Twenty Plain Sermons on the Principal Doctrines of the Gospel Author:John Petty General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Subjects: Fiction / Classics Literary Collections / General Literary Collections / American / General Literary Collections / Essays Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / American / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish,... more » Welsh 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: God and eschewed evil," (Job i. 8).; of Obadiah, that he " feared the Lord from his youth," (1 Kings iviii. 12).; and of Hananiah, that he "feared God above many," (Nehemiah vii. 2). On the contrary, of the wicked it is said, " There is no fear of God before his eyes," (Psl. xxxvii. 1). Such was the character of the Jews generally in the days of Malachi; they had "cast off the fear of God, and restrained prayer before him ;" but the pious among them " feared the Jjord;" they acknowledged his authority, properly regarded his holiness and justice, had a becoming sense of his goodness, and therefore feared to offend him. Had they lived under the superior dispensation of the gospel, enjoying its clear and bright revelations of divine mercy and love, they would, it is likely, have attained a greater maturity of piety, and been more appropriately described by their faith or love, rather than by their fear of God. But they are described in the text in terms suitable both to their religious state, and to the dispensations under which they lived, the fear of the Lord, being a proper and common characteristic of the pious under the Jewish economy. 2. They thought upon his name,- -- upon the name of the Lord. This is further illustrative of their pious character. The name of the Lord was dear to them, and they therefore delighted to think upon it....« less