Devout Thoughts by Deep Thinkers, Selected from 'The Portfolio' of 'The Record' by S. Coalbank (Paperback)

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. 1867 Excerpt: ...do, than with the best of them, whose vain speculations, and a false pretence of reason, puff them up unto a contempt of these things."--Owen. "Nature's religion teaches a man first to conquer his sins, and then to rejoice in God; so building his faith in God upon his good works. Not so the Gospel, whether set forth in its clearness in the New or wrapped up in types and histories in the Old Testament. None are so fitted to serve God as those who first trust in His mercy and rejoice in His salvation; and this is to build good works upon faith, the true order of things, the true principle of serving God. Not, I will do what is good, and for doing it God will accept me; but I will trust in His mercy in Christ for my full acceptance, vile as I am; and the love of Christ shall constrain me to serve my God in all holiness of living. And there never was any true holiness in the world but on this ground. I heseech you, brethren, to mark this, for it is not easily learnt, our nature and the devil are all against it. The Bible is full of it; but we have no eyes to see it right, nor hearts to receive it, except as it is taught us from above; but a little of the spirit of it is infinitely precious, and is happiness itself to the soul; whereas the other plan, a selfrighteous one, needs no explanation, no enforcing; it is born with us, presents itself obviously and naturally; it founded Popery; it founded all religions but that of the Uible: but it is accursed even in its most specious garb, and leads no souls to holiness or to heaven."--Joseph Milner. "All zealous, devout people in a natural religion are enemies to the Gospel. By natural religion, I mean that which is the product of the remnant of God's image in fallen man, a little improved by the l...