Inhaltsangabe
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. 1857. Excerpt: ... HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE, IF WE NEGLECT SO GEEAT SALVATION? BY THE EIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OP EIPON. "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?"--Heb. ii. 3. The plain meaning of these words is, that there is no escape for those who neglect the great salvation. The words are in the form of a question, but they are, in effect, a positive declaration; and the sense of the declaration is, that for those who neglect the great salvation escape is impossible--condemnation is certain. Oh, my brethren, with what solemnity, with what deep earnestness, ought we to approach the consideration of this momentous question! May God the Holy Ghost, the author and giver of life, who alone can quicken the dead soul and make it alive to God, be present in the midst of us to-night, preparing our hearts to receive the message of his own Word; and making that message instrumental to our resurrection from the death of trespasses and sins, and to growth in godliness. The salvation which is here spoken of is that wonderful plan which is revealed in the gospel for the deliverance of the fallen man from the guilt and condemnation of sin. It is a plan which was contrived in eternity; which was executed in the fulness of time, by God the Son; which required the incarnation of the Word, his obedience unto death, his crucifixion, his resurrection, his ascension into heaven, his continued intercession; and which involved, also, the gift of God the Holy Ghost, to apply to the hearts of mankind the benefits of the redemption which was wrought out by God the Son. Now, it is concerning this salvation that the Apostle asks, "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?" The force of the question depends very much upon the word "great." The Apostle is to be understood as a...
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