A Few Remarks on the Scripture History of Saul and the Witch of Endor

A Few Remarks on the Scripture History of Saul and the Witch of Endor

It is your mercy the divine Spirit is the glorifier of Jesus; that he has set him forth in his word as the Christ of God; what he is, what he has done, and what he has graciously said to his people. This is the work of our faith, to receive as we need, these things, all the way to heaven. The person of Jesus is the delight of the Father, the glory of heaven, and the foundation of the Church, considered as God-man Mediator.The glories of his person is revealed in the word, but we must die to see them in full perfection, and no doubt that will be an heaven worth dying for: but blessed be God we are not wholly in the dark about these excellencies, so runs the promise, They p. 4shall all know me, from the least to the greatest.His person is truly blessed; his love is immutable; his work is honorable and glorious, exactly suited to all the necessities, of his people. His covenant engagements, his precious offices, his sweet titles and characters, the Fathers gracious acceptance of the work he accomplished, and to which he had called and appointed him. These, and a thousand more interesting points, are set forth as matters of our faith, and the food of our souls. His everlasting righteousness is our justification, his precious blood-shedding is our atonement, and his prevalent intercession at the Fathers right-hand, is the basis of our hope, and the ground of our acceptance.I say again, my dear friends in Jesus, what a mercy! This is our refuge, our remedy, our joy, our triumph, our present and eternal all: and that we have the most important evidence of interest in these capital blessings, by being led from every other refuge; and under a sense, a daily view of our need, we are enabled to fly for a refuge, to lay hold on this hope; nor can we have a pain, a sorrow, a cross, a misery of any kind, from sin, Satan or the world, but the holy Spirit designs thereby really to endear the Lord Jesus to us, as he is revealed in the word. There is another most blessed consideration for our faith, viz. What Jesus has graciously said to his people, in all the precious declarations of the Fathers love; the evidence he has given of this in the gift of the dear Son, to p. 5obey, suffer, and diethe declarative evidence of his own love, in his willingness to accomplish the work of redemption; and blessing his people with the gift of the holy Spirit, as the principal evidence of interest in his love and work. His precious invitations to poor, needy, helpless, lost, wandering, undone sinners, who being in the least imaginable degree convinced of their state, they are invited to him, with the most comfortable assurance of salvation; which assurance of, and to faith, will, in due time, produce the comfortable assurance of sense. His promises are exceeding glorioushence the Church declared, after a beautiful, tho enigmatical description of her Beloved, His mouth is most sweet. The promises are very precious, yea, the Apostle calls them exceeding preciousthey are exactly adapted to our cases, let them be what they may: if thirsting for the consolations of the Spirit, Jesus says, I will pour water on him, and floods on the dry ground. If ready to give up all, having waited long to little purpose, he says, The vision is for an appointed time, at the end it will speak. If a soul is groaning under guilt, he says, I will he merciful to your unrighteousness, and your sins and iniquities I will remember no more. If we feel our sins too strong for us, he promises he will subdue them. If we are made sensible of our backsliding, he says, I will heal your backslidings. If in great difficulties, and we know not which way to get out of them, he says, I will bring the blind by a way they p. 6know not: I will guide thee with mine eye. If harrassed by the Devil, he promises to bruise him under our feet shortly. If complaining of hardness of heart, he says, I will give you a new oneand if full of fears, he declares he will be an hiding place in every storm; and if we feel as if we were forsaken of God; and are actually forsaken of friends, relatives, acquaintance, and both professor and possessor shun us; and suppose every ray of sensible comfort gone, yet, he cannot, will not leave or forsake you; for he hath said, I will never, never, leave you: I will never, no, never, no never, forsake you! for so the learned say it is in the original, not less than five times mentioned. How sweet the thought!so that we may confidently sing ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 58017
Author: Church, J. (John)
Release Date: Oct 3, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English