Sermons on the following subjects ... . for the truth of his divine (hould folemnly appeal to God, and ni on-fequence of that appeal, fhould upon ali o;.-caiions caft cut devils, heal all manner ofdifeafes, give fight by a word to men bornblind, create limbs for the maimed, feedthoufands by miraculous food, ex^ rt an un-controuled power over the elements of nature,the boifterous winds, and the unruly waves,and frequently even raife the dead themlelvcs;in fuch circumftances I fliould think myl: Ifobliged immediately to confefs the ban.! di-vine, and without fear of being impofed onan
Sermons on the following subjects ... . for the truth of his divine (hould folemnly appeal to God, and ni on-fequence of that appeal, fhould upon ali o;.-caiions caft cut devils, heal all manner ofdifeafes, give fight by a word to men bornblind, create limbs for the maimed, feedthoufands by miraculous food, ex^ rt an un-controuled power over the elements of nature,the boifterous winds, and the unruly waves,and frequently even raife the dead themlelvcs;in fuch circumftances I fliould think myl: Ifobliged immediately to confefs the ban.! di-vine, and without fear of being impofed onand feduced to acknowledge the perlon tlius ad:uig iSS The coming of Chrift, Szc. Serm. g. adting as the mefTenger of God. This is theevidence given by our bleffed Lord, whichrenders it not only a credible faying^ but abfo-lutely certain^ that he came into the world tofavc Jirmers. How worthy therefore is itof our acceptation, and of being embracedwith the utmoft chearfulnefs and of this, God wiUing, the next SERMON [ iS9 ] SERMON IX. Chrifts coming into the World to favcSinners worthy of all Acceptation. I Timothy i. 15. This is a faithful faying, and worthy of all aCceptation, that Jefus Chrifi came into the worldto Jove finners, THESE words reprefent to us twothings. I. The great defign of Chrifts coming intothe world, fwas to fave finners. II. The credibility and certainty of this truth.*Tis a faithful faying, and worthy of allacceptation, that Jefus Chrifi came into theworld to faije finners. I have {hewn you, as to the firft of thefe,that the declared and evident intention ofChrifts appearance in the world, was for thefalvation of finners j to call fimiers to re-pentance, that they might not perifii, but have^verlafii?ig life-, twas to offer to them, and procure igo Chnfis coming into the World to fave Serrri. 9* procure for them, fuch a falvation which aslinners they needed, and which was el-fential to the welfare and happinefs of theirbeings.
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