Reflections on the Epistles of St. Paul, and on That to the Hebrews, with Scriptural Illustrations. by a Lay Member of the Church of England [J. Stow]. - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1847. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... DIVINE and Human Natures in The Person of CHRIST may well be received as an Article of Faith, being utterly beyond our power of explanation; for, though we know and feel the union between our own Souls and Bodies, and are aware that Death will for a season at least separate that bond, we are lost in the attempt at comprehending how that Union is Formed and Preserved in the present Life, but by the Great CREATOR'S Power and Wisdom; and still less can the imagination fully represent the Promised Slate of Reunion with Heavenly capacity for an Everlasting Duration, amidst the Inviolable Harmonies of Heaven, as our Portion, if we be found in CHRIST at His Coming to Judgment. To be alive unto GOD, as admonished by the Apostle, is to go on unto the Perfection of the Spiritual Character, after having heartily repented of and sincerely laid aside sin, and every propensity to it; and having our Soul softened to all the Inlets of DIVINE Grace to Guard and Guide and Govern it, and to Regulate every thought and utterance and work, in which either Soul or Body may engage; ever resting on the conviction, that A Gift so Precious, and so Heavenward-Tending, is The Fruit of The Endearing Intercession of The SON of GOD, and the Purchase of His Incarnate Sacrifice and Merits. Every disposition to sin we should consider as of the subtil effort of Satan to prop his expiring dominion, and as aiming to rob us thereby of having part in the Glories of The REDEEMER'S Kingdom. With every effort, and Supplicated Assistance, should we repel it in its first approach. On the contrary, every thought and impulse of utterance or action should be weighed in the Scriptural Balance, and dealt with accordingly; and in proportion as we find ourselves in the Paths of Righteousness and true Holine...