. (And it is a sad thing if people cannot their own name in no part of this prayer): And I have given unto them the words which thou gave st me. Search if Christ hath given you any of his words. He hath the tongue of the learned from the Father, Isa. 1. 4. and Set it on all he save. We are saved by words; not by the words which men speak, but which Christ speaks: John vi. 68. Lord, to .whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. So here Christ saith, "I have given them these words of love, and "life, and power." Hath Christ at no time spoke to your heart, so as you have been made to say, This is the voice of my beloved; as Cant. ii. 8.? Men must hear Christ's voice, before they open the door to him, Rev. iii. 20. His vo
Hosea 4:6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
In a short time there will (we have reason to fear) remain but two kinds of persons among us, either those who think not at all, or those whose imaginations are active indeed, but continually evil. Of these latter it may be said, "Their foolish heart was darkened." Of the principles, I do not say of the detail, of political science, a sound theology is the only sure and steady basis. Now we trace the operations by which a destruction so extended in its consequences has been effected. The master-spring of every principle which can permanently secure the stability of a people is the fear and knowledge of Almighty God. The first operation of a principle of atheism, and perhaps one of the most formidable in its consequences, is that which leads political men to conceive of Christianity as a mere auxiliary to the State. Religion was not instituted (in the Divine council I mean) for the purpose of society and government, but society and government for the purposes of religion. As a...
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