Sermons on the following subjects ... . SERMON XVIII. DifFerent Degrees of Sinners diiFe-rently to be treated. JuDE 22, and part of offome have Compajjion^ making a dif-ference ; And others fave with Fear,fulling them out of the Fire, HERE is nothing of greater s e r m*difficulty in the Explication Scripture, than the apply- LOTSJing to Perfons of differentTempers and Difpoftions^ ofdifferent Capacities and ^alificationSy tholePortions of Holy Writ, thofe Divine Pro-mifes or Threatnings^ thofe Comforts or Ter-rours of the Lord, vAi\(^ properly belong tothem, and zxq fitly fuit
Sermons on the following subjects ... . SERMON XVIII. DifFerent Degrees of Sinners diiFe-rently to be treated. JuDE 22, and part of offome have Compajjion^ making a dif-ference ; And others fave with Fear,fulling them out of the Fire, HERE is nothing of greater s e r m*difficulty in the Explication Scripture, than the apply- LOTSJing to Perfons of differentTempers and Difpoftions^ ofdifferent Capacities and ^alificationSy tholePortions of Holy Writ, thofe Divine Pro-mifes or Threatnings^ thofe Comforts or Ter-rours of the Lord, vAi\(^ properly belong tothem, and zxq fitly fuited to their peculiarCircuniftances, There is nothing more difficult,. 412 Different Degrees of Sinners S E R M. difficult, than to hinder them from per-XvIII. verting their own Underjlandings, and mif-guiding their ABions^ by applying to the7n^fehes what does by no means belong to^hem, or to any perfons in their Circum-ftances, but often to fuch as are in a quitecontrary condition ; and fo wrejiing theScriptures^ as St Peter expreffes it, totheir own deftru5iion. All Scripture is in-deed given by infpiratio7i of God -, and isprofit ableJor DoBrifie^ for reproofs for cor-region, for inflruBion in Righteoufnefs;that the man of God ?nay be perfeB^ tho-roughly fur niJJjed unto all good Works: Butin order to tliis efFe(5t, it is neceffary thatthe Word of Truth be rightly divided^ asSt Paul direds, 2 T^im. ii. 15 \ i. e. thatproper Application be made of the diffe-rent parts of it, according to the different Circiunflances of different Perfons, By one Method, the ignorant are to be inftru5ied%by another the ^wicked and profane^ tobe reproved: By o?2e part of
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