ISBN: 9781231144817

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 144 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 144 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.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. 1859 Excerpt: . . . clares in the Acts: ) he did not spare his own Son, m. m. kut (je;iivere(i him up for us: he suspended his bowels of pity, (as it were, ) he withdrew his face of kindness from him, out of mercy and benignity to us; he used him severely, that he might deal favourably with us. Yet did man also actively concur herein; all mankind (by their representatives, as it were) was involved, as in the guilt for which, so in the guilt by which he suffered: there was a general conspiracy practised of Jew and Gentile against Actsiv. i7. the life of their Saviour; Of a truth, saith St Peter, against thy holy child, whom thou hast anointed, were gathered together both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel. In the Jews, mans horrid ingratitude, in the Gentiles, his wretched infirmity did appear; which by their active efficacy did signify the meritorious influence they had; that it was mans iniquity and infirmity which did cause our Saviours death: which thus, as a work of divine Providence, (the most admirable work ever done by Providence, ) as an act of human pravity, (the most heinous act ever committed by man, ) is considerable. 5 But, immediately, the quality and condition of our Saviours person do most commend and advance the worth of his death; if, as the Psalmist pB. cxvi. sings, Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death 14. of his saints; if the spotless candour, the unblem Cor. vi! ished integrity of a lamb, do make his blood precious, render it a fit and acceptable sacrifice; how valuable the death of a person so holy and 1 Pet ii. 12. innocent, who did not so much as know sin, in 26. whose mouth no guile was ever found, who was removed (at infinite distance) from sinners! If the life of a king be, as Davids people told him, wo. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<