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共 191 段- In the interpreter’s house he is ‘led into a chamber where t
- Bunyan was fond of athletic sports, bell-ringing, and dancin
- In addition to his want of scriptural education, it must be
- What makes those arrows more penetrating and distressing is,
- In ordinary cases, the minister or people who have been usef
- Let the promises made to be accomplished in the latter days,
- Bunyan’s religious impressions did not, as Southey states, a
- At this time the Quakers were not united as a body, and cons
- ‘And in this I admire the wisdom of God, that he made me shy
- When Bunyan was advised to escape by dismissing the meeting,
- The clerk of the peace, Mr. Cobb, was sent by the justices t
- About a year before he was set at liberty he received a very
- When it is considered that Bunyan was very severe in his rem
- A new era was now dawning upon him, which, during the last t
- Bunyan entered with very proper and temperate zeal into this
- Among his religious friends and associates he must have been
- 167. Life of Bunyan, p. xiv.
- 325. As matters of curious interest to all lovers of Bunyan,
- My dear children, call to mind the former days, “and the yea
- 42. ‘By these things’ my mind was now so turned, that it lay
- 83. ‘But, I observe, though I was such a great sinner before
- 121. When I have considered also the truth of his resurrecti
- 163. ‘I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despa
- 191. But yet the tempter left me not; for it could not be so
- 226. Now as touching this, that Esau sought a place of repen
- 263. Then with joy I told my wife, O now I know, I know! But
- 309. ‘But that which was reported with the boldest confidenc
- 11. The notice of his wife’s father being a godly man, and n
- 72. Bunyan did well to prepare for the worst. He must have b
- Bun. I said, Sir, the Scripture saith, that it is the Spirit
- One of the Justices. Then one of the justices that stood by,
- But where content dwells, even a poor cottage is a kingly pa
- 23. Strongly does the departure of Bunyan, on his ascent to
- Jerusalem, as I told you, was the place and seat of God’s wo
- Men that are at the point to die, have more need of the phys
- Samson, when he would pull down the Philistines’ temple, too
- But thus much for the sixth reason, why Christ Jesus would h
- Second, Would Jesus Christ have mercy offered, in the first
- I would say to my soul, ‘O my soul! this is not the place of
- And this is the meaning of Peter, when he saith, ‘Resist him
- (6.) Hast thou any enticing touches of the Word of God upon
- Bunyan most earnestly exhorts the distressed sinner to go di
- These are the golden things of the soul, though, in carnal m
- 1. It is called God’s breath of life. ‘And the Lord God form
- THIRD, I shall now come to the third thing which was propoun
- Thirdly, As the loss of the soul is a loss peculiar to itsel
- (b) As it will hide it, so it will excuse it, and plead that
- And that God’s indignation burneth most against the soul app
- For then they, will they nill they, shall have to do with Go
- There are six signs of a fool, and they do all meet in that
- Answer. The greatness of thy undertaking does but show the n
- 13 Nothing can more fully display the transcendant worth and
- Fifth Privilege.-The Advocate hath pity for his client, and
- But above all, the advocateship of Jesus Christ declares us
- Nor is it meet or needful that our advocate, when he pleads
- Besides, it is well known that Satan, as to us, is the origi
- Again; as he is an Advocate for the children, so he is also,
- Reply.-Well, soul, I have heard what thou hast said, and if
- For my part, I have often wondered, when I have considered w
- 1. There are many things relating to the promises, as to the
- Alas! How many of God’s precious people, for want of a disti
- Indeed, the advocateship of Jesus Christ is not much mention
- 5. As we should improve this doctrine for the improvement an
- 17 This sentence at first sight seems obscure. The children’
- 3. I also infer from hence, that should we, out of an ignora
- (4.) Now guilt is the consequence and fruit of all this; and
- ‘You only have I known’ above all others, says God, ‘therefo
- 3. As a man must know himself, how vile he is, and know the
- A returning backslider is a great blessing, I mean intended
- 2. Now if this be true, that faith, true faith, is so forcib
- The Lord, by swearing, confirmeth to Christ, and so to us in
- Fourth, Hence again I infer that they shall be saved that co
- “All that the Father giveth me.” This word all, is often use
- Fourth, The Father giving of him to save them, declares that
- If they come wholly from the devil, as they seem, because th
- 4. Wherefore, though there be a real, yea, an eternal differ
- 5. It is evident also, for that they are made by the glory o
- 1. He that is come to Christ is nearer to him than he that i
- First, That which is expressed is Christ Jesus, his unchange
- SECOND. And now we come to the second thing that is to be in
- (1.) The first shall be that of the woman of Samaria. It mus
- Third, Thy fear that Christ will not receive thee may arise
- There is a man of an ill-favoured countenance, who hath too
- [Answ.] (1.) He is far from God, he is without him, even ali
- 7. What do you think did Julitta see in Christ, when, at the
- As ‘by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justifie
- (1.) We received, by our thus being counted in him, that ben
- These words show how we must stand just in the sight of God
- The occasion of these words was, for that the Pharisees murm
- Behold how boldly Paul asserts it! And observe it, he saith
- First. He is said to have purged our sins by himself—‘When h
- Answ. Faith importeth as much as to say, Receive, embrace, a
- This was the case of many in the primitive times, for whose
- Bunyan, in opening and deeply investigating this subject, sh
- Christians, were you awake, here would be matter of wonder t
- (1.) He had the glory of dominion, he was Lord of all the cr
- “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
- By these things, therefore, we continually defile ourselves,
- 2. But my sins are of the worst sort—blasphemy, adultery, co
- During the Protectorate, wickedness was discountenanced, and
- (2.) But there is the sin of professors; or take it rather t
- [Various applications of the word MANY.]—“For many,” &c. I f
- I come now to the latter part of the words, which closely sh
- 2. “For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea,
- [USE FIRST.]—My first word shall be to the open profane. Poo
- 3 Much confusion appears to exist in the minds of many in re
- From this observation I shall make inquiry into these three
- The Testimony of John Baptist.—John Baptist, as he fulfilled
- Again, in a Saviour there must be not only merit, but compas
- God charged our sins upon Christ, and that in their guilt an
- So that it follows not, that because Christ did undergo the
- 3. The enemies of man’s salvation are now tied to his
- Second. Though Paul was mad, exceeding mad against Jesus Chr
- But, I say, what cause would there be to ask in his name mor
- [FIRST.] By this doctrine we come to understand many things
- 3. He did it freely, cheerfully, yea, he longed to die for m
- The name of a king is a name of fear—“And I am a great king,
- First. There is a fear of God that causeth a continual grudg
- Thus far this fear is godly, and the reason why it is godly
- Fourth. God can lay thee in the dungeon in chains, and roll
- 4. This fear is called a fountain of life—“The fear of the L
- It is one thing to be conversant in God’s ordinances, and an
- First Privilege, then. That man that feareth the Lord, has a
- Art thou in thine own thoughts, or in the thoughts of others
- What! fear God, and in a state of nature? fear God without a
- This Peter teaches, “Wives,” saith he, “be in subjection to
- Fourth. Wouldest thou grow in this grace of fear? then take
- Hypocrite, this word, FEAR GOD, is that which the hypocrite
- And the reason is this: because so long as people are ignora
- [When it was given.] But, though this law was delivered to M
- Answ. 2. [The first answer is expounded by the second]. The
- Second. Another great end why the Lord did add or give the l
- Answ. This is somewhat a difficult question, and had need be
- Answ. My meaning is, the Lord Jesus Christ will then inquire
- But before I come to that, I shall speak a few words to show
- Now in a covenant there are these three things to be conside
- Now of what hath been spoken this is the sum, that there is
- 18. Those high priests’ blood could not do away sin; but the
- Second. In the next place, it appears to be unchangeable in
- 2. It is killed to the Law of God as it is the Covenant of W
- Second. The soul that hath been thus killed by the Law to th
- (6.) Because all the conditions of them are already fulfille
- Quest. But is not this the way to make Christ to loath us? Y
- SECOND USE. As all these, and many more privileges, do come
- The end of my speaking of this is, to show you that it is no
- Answ. 1. I do know full well that there are several persons
- Answ. Verily, thy sins appearing in thy best duties, do work
- But a little, now we are upon faith and hope distinctly, to
- Answ. 1. You must look well to your faith, that that may pro
- These I take to be those carnal gospellers,[15] that from am
- 2. As hope quasheth and quieteth sinful passions, so it putt
- As they are called a multitude, so they are called mercies m
- 2. But mercy from everlasting is but the beginning, and we h
- 1. For the first, these were overcome personally, in and by
- Third. Must there be redemption by blood added to mercy, if
- Also when David spake for himself to Saul, he put himself up
- That this doctrine may remain with us, we must also mortify
- The soul that communes with God attains an aptitude in praye
- Fifth. Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring o
- (3.) Wouldst thou have the kingdom of God come indeed, and a
- 3. If thou wouldst more fully express thyself before the Lor
- Besides, Jesus is there, not only to sprinkle the mercy-seat
- FIRST, There is a throne of grace. This must be true, becaus
- The firs time that we find in God’s Word mention made of a r
- Again, as the grace that we here read of is said, as it come
- Third. Nay, so strict was this law, that if any of Israel, a
- First. The saint has strong guilt of sin upon his conscience
- It will be objected, then, that at some time it might be sai
- That all this is written is true; and that it is all truth,
- 4. This is not all; as he is holy, harmless, and undefiled;
- 1. That nature, as nature, is not capable of serving of God:
- 7. Smutches or smudges. ‘And with a kind of amber smirch my
- And the like instance we have in the jailor, who was a most
- But, do the broken in spirit believe this? Can they imagine
- Many are sorry for actual transgressions, because they do of
- It is a sign the Word of God has had place, and wrought powe
- Once again, some have been made taste of the good Word of Go
- As bread to the hungry, as water to the thirsty, as light to
- Second. Or, which may and will be great help to thee if thou
- Why is a broken heart put in the room of all sacrifices whic
- Peter also saith, We are priests ‘to offer up spiritual sacr
- It is said of Enoch, that he ‘walked with God’ (Gen 5:22), a
- Fifth. If thou wouldst be faithful to do that work that God
- The Second Objection. And now I come to the second objection
- [4] The lions growled and roared upon the pilgrims in Bunyan
- The reason is, because the righteous are secured by their fa
- From all which it is manifest, that the person must be accep
- First. For the first of these, the desires of the righteous
- 3. I have a desire to be with Christ; there the spirits of t
- First. The natural man desires to be saved, and to go to hea
- 3. When God gives to his the grant of their desires, he doth