DISCOURSE: 1646 CONNEXION BETWEEN PIETY AND KNOWLEDGE John 7:17. _If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself_. THE very enemies of our Lord were constrained to say, “Never man spake like this man.” Yet did many of them persist in r... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1647 CHRIST MAY BE SOUGHT TOO LATE John 7:36. _What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?_ FROM the character of our blessed Lord we might well expect, that, in whatever circumstances he should be placed, h... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1648 CHRIST’S OFFER OF THE SPIRIT John 7:37. _In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water_. OUR bl... [ Continue Reading ]