The Life of the REV. Joseph Parker (Volume 4) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. FAITH. Truth is nowhere to be found by man, but in a new birth from above. Man was created in, and for the Truth; that is, he was created in the truth of the divine light, to see and hear, to taste and feel, to find and enjoy, all things, in the truth of the divine life brought forth in him. And therefore it is, that for fallen man, there is but one remedy; it is only the truth that can make him free. Truth is the only resting place of the soul, or its rest and peace with God. All is, and must be disquiet, and a succession of lying vanities, till the soul is again in the Truth, in which God at first created it. And therefore, said the Truth, " Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls." The Light of God, is God himself; it is the light of his own life, and therefore only Himself can bring it forth, wherever it is; and no creature can possibly partake of his light, but by having a birth in, and from the divine nature; for the light of God, can never be Separate from the divine nature, or be any where, but where the divine birth is. And therefore, the simple way of the gospel, is the one only way to attain the knowledge of all that can be known of God, which can only be done by a new birth of the divine nature, brought forth in man. Now, the way to the new birth, is wholly in your will to it; and every step that you can take, consists in a continual dying to the selfish, corrupt will which you have from flesh and blood. Nothing can make any change in you, but the change of your will. You have nothing therefore to enquire after, nor any thing that you can judge of yourself by, but the state of your mind, or the working of your will, and desire. These will give you more light, than all the men, or books, in the ...