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what a yduth for heaven ! Younger than the babe first opening its eye on the light of day * " * " " And yet more dre&dful for thee , O man ! if thou bear the burden of more than sixty years , one foot in the grave , and art yet wandering in vanity , not born again in the Holy Spirit ; for these are the words of Jesus , * Verily I say unto you , he who is not born from above , cannot see the kingdom of God /
" How long yet wilt thou serve the world , the world's * lust of the flesh , lust of the eyes , and the pride of life' ? The longer thou lingerest , the fiwner are the fetters of sin bound around thee . "Pp . 55 , 56 .
" On one side of you is Jesus sowing the good seed to a new birth , by means of his faithful servants and ministers ; on the other is Satan , the prince of darkness , scattering the tares that shall be gathered together and burnt at the last day . Man stands between them- —he is not constrained—he may choose between the
good and the evil seed . Jesus would invite , impel him into his kingdom , but it is not of this world ; but Satan is also there urging him to enter his kingdom , which is full of worldly riches and worldly joys—riches and joys which dazzle and mislead him , till they consign him to misery and perdition .
" Choose thenf , O man ! but look forward ere thou choose . "—P . 79 , The third Sermon : " The little household of genuine Christians , trampled upon like the earthworm , exposed to all the frownings of the storm , oppressed -and persecuted till the great Judge shall appear , and the great day of harvest dawn : —
" But now they must carry the cross ; they must follow their great Redeemer ; they must bear reproach and contempt ; they must be silent ; they must suffer , though they be called fanatics , or fools , or enthusiasts or dreamers ; I have openly been so denominated !
" But if I preach that Christ , the spirit of Christ must dwell in , and lead and govern mankind ,- —this is no fanatical doctrine ; it is a biblical , an evangelical , a catholic doctrine , taught by the Old and New Testament / % -P . 101 . The Fourfch Sermon is a sort of eomment on the beatitudes ; it concludes thus :
" Beloved Christian souls ! let us lose no time , for time is short and costly . " Acknowledge your sins , with faUh fn Christ , and you . will be poplin spirit .
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Weep for your sins and errors , and hanger after Jesus the sin-destroyer , and you will be satisfied with his holiness , which is the genuine tipee of fife . On this tree grow the lovely fruits of meekness , benevolence , pure-heartednesB , peacefulness and long-suffering , which can never fail the true believer , <
" These noble fruits , on which our godlike Master has scattered down beatitudes , are connected with other invaluable ones , which the " believer shall gather in through eternity . "—P . 1321 " O goodness without measure ,
without bounds ! O love without parallel What thou givest , thou makest our own . Thy mercy showers it down a hundred and a thousand fold ! Here and there it descends , though we have not the slightest claim upon heaven ; but to be able to serve thee , O God , that is blessedness . "
P . 134 . The last Sermon has this peroration : " Beloved in the Lord ! when we cast an attentive glance on the present state
of things , and on the events which have succeeded each other on this earthly ball , on those perplexities so wonderfully unravelled ; when we call back to our lively remembrance the scenes of blood and
murder from the beginning of the French Revolution ; how a power , almost contemptible in its origin , marched on with mighty steps till it fixed itself on the highest pinnacle of Europe a power
which rolled over the lands like a mighty stream , and swept away thrones and dominions , destroyed the strength and the riches of nations , till the earth had drunk in the blood of sacrificed millions ;
which stung like scorpions , lashed like a scourge , till it was broken by the Lord of armies , and reduced to its original nothingness / ' Sec . —Pp . 135 , 136 . ^ By way of conclusion we give a specimen of our author ' s prayers : " O best-loved Lord and Saviour !
Never again be the light of faith extinguished in our heart , but rather may it burn brighter and brighter that we may bring forth fruit in abundance , and become more like thy image . Where that light is put out , re-awaken it ; where it has never shone , enkindle it , from thy
great mercy which would have no sjnner finally lost . Thou art the light that enlighteneth all that come into the world ; open then the eyes of the blind who sit in darkness and the shadow of death , that they may see light and walk in the light . Ameu ^ J * #
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308 * Review . F - —&nf Predhgten ven Ign&e Lindl .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/52/
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