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The Whole Works of the REV. Oliver Heywood (Volume 2 ); Now First Collected, Revised and Arranged, Including Some Tracts Extremely Scarce, and Others

The Whole Works of the REV. Oliver Heywood (Volume 2 ); Now First Collected, Revised and Arranged, Including Some Tracts Extremely Scarce, and Others

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1235734269
ISBN13: 9781235734267
Publisher: General Books
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.32 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825. Excerpt: ... HEART TREASURE. Matth. Xii. 35. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things. CHAP. I. THE INTRODUCTION. Our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, like a skilful alchymist, extracts the pure gold of wholesome doctrine from common objects and occurrences: as from material water, he proceeds to discourse on spiritual water of life; from common bread, he ascends to soul-nourishing conferences on his own flesh and blood, that living bread that came down from heaven.f As he passed through the vineyards, he takes occasion to speak of the true vine himself, and of those saints that are really grafted into him, and bring forth proportionable fruit. Christ could preach an excellent sermon from any text; but here he takes an occasion of uttering precious medicinal truths, from the poisonous blasphemies of the Scribes and Pharisees; distinguishing the fruit of the lips into good and bad words, which evidence the nature of the root to be either good or bad. The occasion of the words was this, --when our soul-saving and body-healing Redeemer had cast out a blind and dumb devil, that glo John, iv. 10. t Ibid. vi. 2. $ Ibil. xv. 1. VOL. II. B rious miracle had various effects: upon the possessed person, it wrought soundness; (ver. 22.) upon the people, amazement; (ver. 23.) upon the Pharisees, madness and blasphemy (though that was only accidental) whereby they charge God himself with imposture. (ver. 24.) To these last, Christ speaks by way of apology for himself, and confutation of their impudent slander; his answer consists of three members. 1. He refutes the calumny by clear arguments, demonstrating his divine power in the miracle, from ver. 25--31. 2. He detects the heinousness of the slander, calling it an irremissible blasphemy, ...

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