Four Sermons, Preached in the Cathedral of Christ Church Oxford (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.1842 Excerpt: ... But how different is such a view of sin, and man's recovery from sin, from the teaching of the Bible There we are told, that both our bodies and souls are God's own; that our fall has corrupted our faculties both of body and soul; that we shall stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, not in the simple nature of our souls only, but with our bodies also, to receive according to the things in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil; and that we are bound to ' glo"rify God" in our " body" as well as in our "spirit," "which are God's f." We are commanded again to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of spirit as well as of flesh; and the Apostle prays for the Thessalonians, that they may be "sanctified wholly,"--that their "whole spirit and soul and body" (thus denoting the concrete nature of man) may ' be preserved blameless f." Again, when St. Paul says, in writing to the Colossians, " Mortify your members which are "upon the earth,"--does he mean the bodily members, or the mere appetites and desires of the body? Certainly not; for he goes on to enumerate vices of the soul; for besides vices of uncleanness, he speaks of " evil "concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry," "anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communica"tion out of the mouth, lying." And when St. Peter speaks of Christian purification, is it at all to the mortifying of the flesh that he directs our attention? Far from it. "Gird up the loins of your mind, "be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is "to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus "Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning your"selves according to the former lusts in your igno"ranee; but as He which has called you is Holy, so be "ye holy in all manner of conversation." Christians are f...