Andrew Fuller Friday: A Conversation on the Moral Law
Crispus. Our last two conversations, on the moral character of God and the free agency of man, have, I hope, been of use to me. I have been thinking since of the great rule of
Crispus. Our last two conversations, on the moral character of God and the free agency of man, have, I hope, been of use to me. I have been thinking since of the great rule of
“Being made conformable unto his death.”—Phil. 3:10. The death of Christ is a subject of so much importance in Christianity as to be essential to it. Without this, the sacrifices and prophecies of the Old
Our Lord, in drawing to the close of his discourse, is unusually solemn and impressive. He anticipates the last judgment, and places his hearers before the great tribunal. The sum of what he says is,
Give us your attention, brethren, while we next attempt to point out the utility of this heavenly grace throughout the Christian life.—Truly this is beyond expression. If hope in general is of so much, use
If we were inquiring into the nature of believing, it might be necessary to examine the testimony; if of trusting, we must ascertain wherein consists the promise; and so, if we would form just conceptions
Who died in the sixty-third year of his age, on March 13th, 1791. And is my much-respected friend no more?How painful are the tidings to my heart!And is that light extinguished which so longHas burned
My dear brother, I have chosen this passage, on the present occasion, as expressing not the whole of your work, but an important part of it—preaching the gospel. For the discharge of this, an apostle
It has been observed that sinful propensities are commonly, if not always, the original propensities of human nature, perverted or abused. Emulation, scorn, anger, the desire of property, and all the animal appetites, are not
If our Saviour had been going to some unknown place, where we must not follow him, we might well be unhappy; but “whither I go ye know.” It is true we know nothing of an
The Israelites went forth, not only by Divine authority, but under a Divine promise; and the same is true of Christian ministers. God spoke unto Abraham, saying, “I will give unto thee, and to thy