Family Lectures on the Principles and Practice of the Christian Religion 2nd Ed (Volume 2) - 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: ... gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may lifkve mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry: when he shall hear it, he will answer theeb." b Isaiah xxx. 18, 19. LECTURE, LXXXVI. ON WALKING AND MAINTAINING COMMUNION WITH GOD. Gen. v. 24. And Enoch walked with God: and he was not, for God took him. Where a disposition exists to accept the salvation of Christ, and to conform to the Divine will, we cannot but entertain the most favourable opinion, as it respects the present state and the future prospects of him in whom it is found: his spirit and conversation prove that a Divine principle is at. work within his soul, which, if cherished by suitable means, will lead to the most happy consequences. Scripture teaches us to indulge a confident hope, "that He who hath begun a good work in the heart of a believer will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ"." Indeed, we may reasonably indulge this expectation, because "the gifts and calling of God are without repentance V For since "the mercy of the Lord endureth for ever, he will perfect that which concerneth his people, and not forsake the; work of his own hands " The work of grace, even in its most incipient state, is Divine. It is the germ or seed of a heavenly life begun in the soul, which, like an incorruptible Phil. i. 6. Rom. xi. 29. e Psalm cxxxviii. 8. principle, liveth and abideth for everd. The influences of the Holy Ghost on the mmd are likened to "a well of water springing up unto everlasting life'." Reader, are you able to trace the commencement of so happy a work on your own mind? If you feel any good emotions or holy desires arising within you, attribute them not to ...

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