The Works of Philip Lindsley Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... THE DUTY OF OBSERVING THE SABBATH. EXPLAINED AND ENFORCED IN A SERMON ADDRESSED MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE YOUNG.* Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.--Exodus, xx. 8. The Moral Law, as comprehended in the ten commandments, is of universal and perpetual obligation. It is that declaration of God's will, which points out to mankind in every age and place, their whole duty to him and to one another. It is not to be regarded as a mean of justification by fallen rebellious creatures: or as encouraging them, in the slightest degree, to hope for pardon and eternal life through their own obedience. No mere man has ever yet obeyed this law, and we are assured that no man can obey it. But if he could, it is evident that no future obedience, however perfect, could atone for past transgression. And every man living must be conscious tluxt he has transgressed: and that he is therefore justly condemned. Salvation, as we are taught in the gospel, is wholly of grace. The law however is binding on us as a perfect rule of life and duty. The gospel, so far from destroying, does most powerfully sanction and enforce the law. Christians therefore can never consistently plead for any mitigation of its rigour. But while they acknowledge its claims, and honestly strive to comply with them: they will humbly rest on the Lord Jesus alone for deliverance from its curse and for glory hereafter. * Delivered in the College chapel, Princeton, N. J., 1821. To one of the commandments of this righteous law, I beg leave to invite your serious attention at this time. I shall take no notice of the various controversies and opinions which have arisen respecting the Sabbath. I leave human speculations and theories for the plain unerring word of inspiration, which...