Isaac Barrow:The Theological Works Of Isaac Barrow (volume 1)
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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. 1830. Excerpt: ... Heb. iii. 12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any qfyou an evil heart of unbelief. If the causes of all the sin and all the mischief in SERM. the world were carefully sought, we should find the chief of all to be infidelity; either total or gradual. Wherefore to dehort and dissuade from it is a very profitable design; and this, with God''s assistance, I shall endeavour from these words; in which two particulars naturally do offer themselves to our observation; an assertion implied, that infidelity is a sinful distemper of heart; and a duty recommended, that we be careful to void or correct that distemper: of these to declare the one, and to press the other, shall be the scope of my Discourse. That infidelity is a sinful distemper of heart, appeareth by divers express testimonies of scripture, and by many good reasons grounded thereon. It is by our Saviour in terms called sin: when he John xvi. is come, he will reprove the world of sin,--of sin, ''9 SERM. because they believe not in me: and, If I had not come, and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; John xv. but now they have no cloak for their sin: and, If (viii. 24.) ye were blind, ye should not have had sin; but 1X 41 now ye say, We see, therefore your sin abideth. What sin? that of infidelity, for which they were culpable, having such powerful means and arguments to believe imparted to them, without due effect. It hath a condemnation grounded thereon; He, saith our Saviour, that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of Goda: but condemnation ever doth suppose faultiness. 2Thess.ii. It hath sore punishment denounced thereto; God, saith St. Paul, shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie, that they all might b... Isaac Barrow, Books, Religion and Spirituality, The Theological Works Of Isaac Barrow (volume 1) Books>Religion and Spirituality 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 LXXIV. THE DOCTRINE OF UNIVERSAL REDEMP- TION ASSERTED AND EXPLAINED. 1 Tim. iv. 10. The living God; who is the Saviour qfaH men, especially of those that believe. 8. A.S our Saviour was such to all men by his doc- SERM. T Y Y ITT" trine, or the general discovery of all saving truth;; so may he be esteemed such in regard to his exemplary practice; whereby upon the open stage of the world, and in the common view of all that would attend unto him, he did represent a living pattern of all goodness; by imitating which, we may certainly attain salvation. He that will consider his practice shall find it admirably fitted for general instruction and imitation; calculated for all places and all sorts of people; suited to the complexions, to the capacities, to the degrees, to the callings of all men; so that every sort of men may from it draw profitable direction, may in it find a copy, even of his particular behaviour: for he was a great Prince, illustrious in birth, excellent in glory, and abounding in all wealth; yet was born in obscurity, lived without pomp, and seemed to possess nothing; so teaching men of high rank to be sober, mild, and humble; not to rest in, not to regard much, not to hug and cling to the accommodations and shows of worldly state; teachingSERM. those of mean degree to be patient, content, and LXXIV. cheerful in their station. He was exceedingly wise and knowing, without bound or measure; yet made no ostentation of extraordinary knowledge, of sharp wit, of deep subtilty; did not vent high, dark, or intricate notions; had in his practice no reaches and windings of craft or policy; but was in his doctrine very plain and intelligible, in his practice very open and clear; so that what he commonly said or did, not only philosopher...<
