Sacred Maxims, Collected from the Discourses of W. Borrows by an Attached Member of His Congregation (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. 1852. Excerpt: ... _L HERB is nothing on which men exercise so little common sense and investigation, as the subject of religion: men acute and learned on perhaps all other topics, here are complete children. The grand cause of offence against the gospel is its holiness, however men may rail against it. Men cannot hold fast and serve both God and the world: with one or the other they must needs be offended. If man be entirely fallen, then every favor shewn him must be an act of divine sovereignty. Until men are utterly offended with themselves, and fall into the dust of self-abasement, they will be offended at Christ. The way to the crown is not unfrequently strewed with crosses; but it is paved with promises, and walled with salvation. Whatever carnal men may think of gaining by a profession of religion, they never think of losing any thing by it. There is nothing in human nature to make a man endure tribulations, when he can extricate himself from them. Divine grace alone can enable him to say, "We glory in tribulation." Christ is not exalted, but degraded, if we look to anything in ourselves whereby we may be justified in his sight. There is no advocate with the Father for ungodly men. The strength of the Church stands in the perpetual intercession of Jesus. Whosoever has no mind to make intercession to God on his own behalf, has no token that Jesus is interceding for him above. Fear, when it drives us to God, is an evidence of faith. If Jesus had escaped any of those fears and temptations incident to humanity, it could not have been said, "He was in all points tempted like as we are." It is God's ordinance, that many means leading to very beneficial results, should be in themselves extremely unpleasant. The Great High Priest of our profession is far more exquisitely tou...