Looking Unto Jesus: A View of the Everlasting Gospel, or the Soul's Eyeing of Jesus, as Carrying on the Great Work of Man's Salvation, From First to Last (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Looking Unto Jesus: A View of the Everlasting Gospel, or the Soul's Eyeing of Jesus, as Carrying on the Great Work of Man's Salvation, From First to Last

The most excellent subject to' discourse or write of,-is jesus christ. Augustine, having read Cicero' s works, commended'them for their eloquence; but he passed this sentence upon them, They are not sweet, because the name of Jesusis not in them. And Bernard's saying is near the same, If thou writest, it doth not relish with me, unless I read Jesus there; if thou disputest or conferrest, it doth not relish well with me, unless Jesus sound there. Indeed all we say is but unsavory, if it be not seasoned with this salt, I determined not to know any thing among you, (saith Paul,) save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. He resolved with' him self, before he preached among the Corinthians, that this should be the Only point Of knowledge, that he would profess'himself to'have skill in; and that, in the course of his ministry he would labor to bring them to: this he made the breadth, and length, and depth, and'height of his know ledge yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge, of Christ Jesus my Lord. Eph. 3 18. Phil. 3 58.

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Excerpt from Looking Unto Jesus: A View of the Everlasting Gospel, or the Soul's Eyeing of Jesus, as Carrying on the Great Work of Man's Salvation, From First to Last

There is a glow of sacred feeling, in these discussions, which, united as it is with se curate and judiemos representations of revealed truth, cannot isil to arouse, and enlight en, and invigorate the piety, eva of the most established believers. On a subject which has long been the delightful theme of private meditation and public discussion, and which has employed the resources of the ablest minds and the purest hearts on earth, the reader should not, indeed, look for novelties oi doctrine, or originality of thought, and manner, or for such force and embellishment of language, as is in vain sought for, in those ancient worthies who paid far more attention to things than names, and lo the ex. Cellencies of truth than the beauties oflanguage; but he should expect, what he Will rarely find, to an equal extent, in more human compositions, a richness of thought, and appropriateness of illustration; a fervor of devotion, and an unction of the Spirit, in the exposition oi the precious truths of the gospel, which, while it extends the limits of his knowledge of Christ, and inspires him With a sense of the beauty and sweetness of the blessed gospel, will lift his own heart in all the desires of a heavenly comma nion, to Him, who is exalted to grant repentance and remission of sins. As a com. Mon practical work, the best days of English Theology and piety have furnished few better. Baxter, Howe, the Henrys, Flavel, and Bates, to mention no others, are writers whose worth is generally known in this country, and it is no mean praise to say of Ambrose, that he was associated with such men, as well by the excellence of his spirit, and 'udiciousness of his writings, as he was in the deprivations for non-conformity, whio were then sufi'ered. It has fallen to my lot to know, that this work of Ambrose has often been sought for, both by clergymen and others, and that when copies of it have been imported into this country, they have rapidly sold 06, at very advanced prices. Should you be able to bring it into the limits which you contemplate, and sell it at the price you propose, it Will be decidedly a cheap book. In attempting todo this, I have little doubt that you will receive from the Christian public, every desirable encourage ment.

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