Several discourses preached at the Temple Church . odrines of Salvation and RedemptionbyChrift, of Sandification and Regenerationby the Spirit of God: And who ever yetbrought thefe Dodrines to prove the Truthor divine Original of the Miracles ? I {hall only add, that what has been faid itconcerns thofe chiefly to confider, who holdfaft and admire the Principles of NaturalReligion, but defpife or overlook the Proofsof Chriflianity. If they will but confiderthe Tendency of their own Principles, theyare not far from the Kingdom of God: Forthe fame Reafons, that oblige them to believein God, oblig
Several discourses preached at the Temple Church . odrines of Salvation and RedemptionbyChrift, of Sandification and Regenerationby the Spirit of God: And who ever yetbrought thefe Dodrines to prove the Truthor divine Original of the Miracles ? I {hall only add, that what has been faid itconcerns thofe chiefly to confider, who holdfaft and admire the Principles of NaturalReligion, but defpife or overlook the Proofsof Chriflianity. If they will but confiderthe Tendency of their own Principles, theyare not far from the Kingdom of God: Forthe fame Reafons, that oblige them to believein God, oblige them to believe in Chrill , as we have one God the Father of all. DISCOURSE X. 305 £0 fhould we have one Faith, and one Lord,even Jefus Chrift, the Saviour and Redeemerof us all. And let them take heed, that,having been made Partakers of fo muchGrace, to the Acknowledgment of the onetrue God, they fall not the more irrecoverablyunder Condemnation by obftinately refulingto acknowledge his only and eternal Son,Jefus Chrift the Vol. I. X DISCOURSE DISCOURSE XL j*!t>;.^5i,/ffli.^^-S^.^/^.^^^^^^i Psalm viii. 4. What is Man, that thou art 7nindful of him fand the Son of Man, that thou vifitefl him ? ?«)^§^^H E N we Gonfider the Care of•feC? jSc? Providence over the Children of%A ^^ nZ^ Men, as it is manifeftcd either k&^^5 ^ ^^^ Works of Nature or ofGrace, we naturally fall into theJlefle(5tion of the Text, and wonder to feefo much done for Men, who feem to haveno Merit or Defert equal to the Concernfhewed for them. If we look up to theHeavens, and view the Sun, Moon, andStars, and confider the Power by which thefemighty Bodies were formed, the Wifdomand Contrivance by which their Motions areregulated and adjufted; we fee plainly, byX 2 the 3o8 DISCOURSE XL the Benefit we receive from them, that theywere intended for our Service : And yet whatare we, that we fhould be fo ferved ? If welook round this Earth, the Place of our Ha-bitation, we fi
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