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. 1831 Excerpt: ..."Although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we earnestly desire thy Fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, which is our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our ...
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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. 1831 Excerpt: ..."Although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we earnestly desire thy Fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, which is our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord." Communion Service. SECTION V. Charity for all mankind. The last point we have to notice, on which those who come to the Lord's table should examine themselves, is, "whether they be in charity with all men.'" As this sacrament is emphatically a feast of charity, designed to commemorate the most amazing exhibition of God's love to men, as well as to be an important means of increasing and perpetuating the love of Christ's disciples towards each other, and towards all men; it would manifestly be a profanation of it, which could not fail to provoke the displeasure of its Divine Author, to approach it while cherishing feelings of malice and revenge towards any of our fellow creatures. Indeed, such feelings are not only plainly condemned by the precepts and example of our Saviour, but utterly inconsistent with the genius of our holy religion, which breathes nothing but "peace on earth, good will towards men." The malicious, revengeful, unforgiving man, therefore, has no claim to the Christian character and privileges: he cannot even acceptably use that short prayer which Jesus prescribed; much less can he, without the grossest impiety, partake of the sacrament of peace between God and his people. Can he who refuses to pardon the offences of his fellow creatures, hope for forgiveness from God? Must he not rather look for the aggravated punishment of that servant, who, after his Lord had forgiven him an immense debt, ...
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Very Good. 1831. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in brown cloth with worn paper spine title. 227pp. Very good. Boards mottled, spine title chipped and foxed. Contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf, endpapers and margins foxed, else internally clean in a sound binding. Housed in mylar.
