The Pulpit Assistant (Volume 2); Containing Three Hundred Outlines, Or, Skeletons of Sermons Chiefly Extracted from Various Authors. with an Essay on the Composition of a Sermon - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1826 Excerpt: ... t. The eye is an organ that communicates nothing to the object, but only receives the image of it. So faith in Christ is not a giving, but a receiving grace. (John i. 18.) By faith ire receive Christ, in all his offices, with all his benefits, &c. 2. Natural sight is a confirming evidence, and produces the greatest certainty of the existence and qualities of its object; so faith is a grace that carries certainty in its nature, (John vi. 69; Heb. xi. 13; Col. ii. 2.)--assurance--full assurance--full assurance of understanding--riches of the full assurance of understanding. 3. Natural sight reaches to a great distance, it discerns things afar off; so faith is a grace that sees at a great distance. John viii. 56, Rev. ss. 12. 4. In natural sight the object is brought near to the eye; so faith brings near its object to the soul. Hence it is called, Ueb. xi. 1; 2 Cor. iii. 18. 5. In natural sight there is a medium, to render the object conspicuous; the sharpest sight cannot see in the dark; so Christ is only seen by the light of the Holy Ghost 1 John v. 20. 6. Natural sight serves for direction; so faith, Heb. xii. 1, 2; Phil. iii. 14. 7. Natural sight is a very comfortable thing (Eccl. xi. 7;) so faith, 1 Peter i. 8; Mai. iv. 2. 8. The eye is a tender organ, the least mote will disturb the eye; so faith is a tender grace, the least dust of sin will disturb it Hence we are exhorted, 1 Tim. L 19; and iii. 9. And lastly, sight is a very piercing sense; eo faith, Rom. iv. 18. II. The believer's frame, the fruit of this privilege, "Then were the disciples glad." Which implies, 1. High thoughts of the Lord. Ps. Ixxiii. 25. 2. The soul's complacency in him. The Lord delights in believers, and they delight in him. 2 Sam. xxiii. 5. 3. The soul's resting in the Lord. Isa...
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