Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SERMON IV. Acts xvii. 30, 31. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. We have already considered the most obvious and general character of Revelation as impressed on our Lord’s sermon at Nazareth. We have endeavoured to illustrate the excellency of the gospel from its mystery being the object of heavenly contempla- tion.f And we have pointed out the connexion of holy love to our fellow creatures with the great doctrine of atonement.;); In these inquiries the first broad outlines of Christianity have been evidently seen to be full of benevolent design towards mankind. Sermon I. (- Sermon II. Sermon III. The next question naturally is, Under what obligation are men placed to receive this scheme of mercy ? By what authority are they bound to obey the gospel? This leads us to consider, on the present occasion, the universal call to repentance given by Almighty God to man. In discussing which, three points may be considered: The times which are described as now passed; God’s present call to man; The reason for the call. Or, in the words of the text, The times of ignorance[ Men now commanded every where to repent [ Because God hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness. Nor will the benevolence of the gospel fail to appear in this topic also, as well as in the preceding. To give affectionate warning to man of his danger; to call him off intelligibly and authoritatively from his sins, the cause of all misery; and to
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