Excerpt from Theology, Vol. 3 of 4: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons All this is, in my own View, a just account of what really takes place in the conversion of multitudes; and, did it exist in no other case, would undoubtedly furnish the very evidence, here relied on without any sufficient warrant. The defect in this scheme lies in the fact, that these Very emotions are experienced by multitudes, who are not Christians. That a person, who has been the sub jcet of extreme distress under convictions of sin, ...
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Excerpt from Theology, Vol. 3 of 4: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons All this is, in my own View, a just account of what really takes place in the conversion of multitudes; and, did it exist in no other case, would undoubtedly furnish the very evidence, here relied on without any sufficient warrant. The defect in this scheme lies in the fact, that these Very emotions are experienced by multitudes, who are not Christians. That a person, who has been the sub jcet of extreme distress under convictions of sin, and the fear of perdition, should, Whenever he begins to hope, that his sins are forgiven, and his soul secured from destruction, experience lively emotions of joy, is to be expected, as a thing of course: and that, whether his ho es are Evangelical, or false. All men must re joice in their eliverance from destruction, whether truly, or erroneously, believed by them; and all men, who have had a distressing sense of their guilt and danger, will, under a sense of such a deliverance. Experience intense emotions of joy. All men also, who really believe, that God is become their friend, will love him. All will love the word of God, who consider it as speaking peace and salvation to themselves. This joy, and this love, it is evident, are merely natural; and are felt, of course, by every staking professor of Religion. Love to God, and to divine things, is a delight in the nature of these objects, indepen dently of any personal benefit, to which we feel entitled from them. Another person places confidence in the greatness of the efects, which his sense of sin, and his hope of forgiveness, produced both on his body and mind. He will inform you, with plain consola tion to himself, that his distressing apprehensions of his guilt sunk him in the dust, and caused him to cry out involuntarily; deprived him of his strength, and for a time perhaps of the clear exercise of his Reason; caused him to swoon and almost terminated his life. Much the same effects, he will also observe, were produced in him by his consequent discoveries of the divine mercy. These over whelmed him with transport; as his convictions did with agony. The extraordinary nature, and especially the extraordinary de gree, of these emotions, furnishes this man with the most consola wiy proof, that he is a child of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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