Gospel Treasures

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 edition. Excerpt: ... wish, and according to their own choice and desire. And is not this a righteous thing with Almighty God ? judge ye. As the Lord sent Moses to Pharaoh, to let Ms people go; telling him, if he would not, such and such plagues would follow. Pharaoh hardens his heart, and would listen to no caution, would take no warning; then the Lord said (as it were) seeing he is so, seeing he is hardened, and he chooses to be so, he shall be hardened. 1 will also harden his heart, by leaving him to himself, that I may shew upon him ray mighty wonders. Beloved ! do not your hearts ache, while you hear these things? Do you not tremble? Had you not need to take heed and beware of covetousness ? especially of the love of covetousness: for if once you are delivered up to this; first, by your own choosing, and secondly, by God Almighty in his righteous judgments, truly you are in an awful case--Then it may be said of you, as the prophet Jeremiah said concerning the Israelites, when they had voluntarily forsaken the Lord; can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye who are accustomed to do evil, do good, In respect to which, take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in abundance, but having food and raiment, let us therevnth be content. Lastly, for the punishment of this sin. The sin goes before and the punishment follows. And how many woes and sore punishments are threatened against this sin; as in Michai, Wo to them that devise iniquity, and work mischief upon their beds, and when the morning is come, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. But what iniquity is this ? It is covetousness, as you will see from what there follows-- They covet fields and take them away: so they oppress...