Morning Exercises at Cripplegate [Ed. by S. Annesley] St. Giles in the Fields [Ed. by T. Case] and in Southwark [Ed. by N. Vincent] Sermons Preached a (Paperback)

Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1844 edition. Extrait: ... thee." (Isai. xxvi. 3.) And thus I have returned some answer to the second branch of the question: "What is the measure of the fulness of God with which every true Christian ought to pray and strive to be filled? " There will still remain an inquiry, " How we may reach to such a measure of the divine fulness as has been described." To which though the limits of this discourse will not allow a full and just answer, yet the importance of the question will oblige me to point at some few things, upon which your own meditations may find matter of enlargement. l. And, first, it is necessary that we be convinced that we are very far short Q/ that fulness of God, which is attainable even in this lyk.-Many might have had more grace, if they had not been under the delusion that they had grace enough already. The dream of perfection attained, has prejudiced the perfection which is attainable: as Tully observes, Multi ad sapientiam pervenissent, nisi eh jam se pervenisse putassent: "Many men had arrived at a high degree of wisdom, had they not fondly conceited that they had already reached the top of it." The apostle's frame was most excellent and imitable: "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after it, if that I may apprehend that for which I am apprehended of Christ Jesus." (Phil. iii. l2, l3.) He considered more what was before, than what he had left behind; that is, he more looked forward to what he had not yet attained, than backward to what he had. 2. Let us pray that we may know more of the love of Christ to us, as the proper mean to be flled more with the fulness of God in us.--This is the expedient of the text; and...