_The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat._ CHRIST’S REPROACHES OF PHARISEES There must be some just, reasonable, and great cause of our Lord’s indignation, and this we find was an accumulation of great wickedness in these men, which received aggravations (1) from their pretences to great... [ Continue Reading ]
_But be not ye called Rabbi._ CHRISTIANS ARE BRETHREN The late Rev. Wm. Jay, in a sermon at Surrey Chapel, said “Some time ago a countryman observed to me, ‘I was exceedingly alarmed this morning, sir. I was going down in a lonely place, and I thought I saw a strange monster. It seemed in motion,... [ Continue Reading ]
_But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites._ THE SINS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES I. That they shut up the kingdom of heaven against men. “Neither suffer ye them that are entering in.” 1. They did this by their extraordinary strictness and outward purity. By such austerities they made r... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is nothing._ THOUGHTLESS PROFANITY Are there any before me who are accustomed to use God’s name as an expletive, and to bandy it as a byword? Who employ it in all kinds of conversation, and throw it about in every place? Perhaps in their hearts they conside... [ Continue Reading ]
_And have omitted the weightier matters of the law._ SINS OF OMISSION 1. The very earliest cause of nearly all sin lies in omitting something which we ought to have done. Perhaps you left your room without prayer. 2. That sins of omission in God’s sight are of larger magnitude than sins of commis... [ Continue Reading ]
_For ye make clean the outside of the cup._ MORAL ABLUTION By this allusion to the cup and platter the Saviour taught that it is necessary to cleanse the heart first, that the external conduct might be pure. I. Why must we cleanse ourselves from sin? 1. Because it renders us injurious to our fel... [ Continue Reading ]
_How can ye escape the damnation of hell?_ - THE DIFFICULTY OF ESCAPING THE DAMNATION OF HELL I. What your situation actually is. 1. You are even now under sentence of condemnation. 2. You need to be awakened, no man will escape a danger he does not perceive. 3. In order to escape final condem... [ Continue Reading ]
_How can ye escape the damnation of hell?_ - THE DIFFICULTY OF ESCAPING THE DAMNATION OF HELL I. What your situation actually is. 1. You are even now under sentence of condemnation. 2. You need to be awakened, no man will escape a danger he does not perceive. 3. In order to escape final condem... [ Continue Reading ]
_How can ye escape the damnation of hell?_ - THE DIFFICULTY OF ESCAPING THE DAMNATION OF HELL I. What your situation actually is. 1. You are even now under sentence of condemnation. 2. You need to be awakened, no man will escape a danger he does not perceive. 3. In order to escape final condem... [ Continue Reading ]
_O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets._ THE INVITATION REFUSED Consider some of the different modes in which the rejection of God’s call has been made. Far, all do not reject Him alike. I. Some will even rise up and say, “I Do not consider that i have ever yet been called.” 1.... [ Continue Reading ]