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17 The Body Sown And The Body Raised
[I have two MSs., one by Mr. Player, of the following. They differ somewhat, one being a little fuller than the other. See also the ”G. S.,” for 1862 and 1872.—J. G.] “It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.”—1 Corinthians 15:43,44 This chapter clearly shows the resurrection of the dead, and arguments are brought forward to prove it which are of the greatest force. Paul brings forward the objections that an unbelieving mind would make against it; such, for instance as, “How are the dead raised up, and with what body do they come?” His answer is, “Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die.” All…
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18. The Sentence of Death in Ourselves
Preached on Sunday Evening, May 9th, 1841, in Gower Street Chapel. “But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.”—2 Corinthians 1:9. In the fourth verse the apostle says, “Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” Now I have been there in some solemn measure in my conscience; and sometimes I have been there not very pleasingly, and sometimes more pleasingly. My flesh and blood, at times, have murmured to think I must go deeply into certain conflicts, certain tribulations, certain distresses, certain miseries, both within and without,…
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19 The Benediction
A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby On Tuesday Evening, June 1st, 1841, In Gower Street Chapel, London, On taking Leave At The Close Of His Annual Visit. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”—2 Corinthians 13:14 If God is graciously pleased to grant you and me the sweet unction of the blessings contained in the passage read as a text, we possess the rarest blessings it is in the power of God to bestow upon creatures. Angels do not enter into the glorious mystery of some part of it; and therefore we have a song to sing more divinely glorious than that of the angels in heaven. Some…
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20 Paul And James
Galatians 2:16: “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”James 2:24: “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.” Paul and James appear to clash with each other; for Paul says we are justified without works and James says we are justified by our works. But the fact is, the one was speaking of what justified us in the sight of God and the other of what justified…
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21 The Glory Of God’s Grace
"To the praise of the glory of his grace.”—Ephesians 1:6 As the Lord shall be graciously pleased to give me wisdom and strength, I shall endeavor to call your attention to three leading particulars; I. What is grace, God's rich and free grace. II. Point out some branches of the glory of God's grace. III. Make a few remarks on some things as connected with our text, which the Lord has done to the praise of the glory of his grace. I. What then is God's free grace? The word grace is in almost everybody's mouth who makes a profession of religion. "Salvation is all of grace; we must be saved my grace," are words frequently spoken. But if you will allow the bulk of…
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22 At That Time Ye Were Without Christ
Preached November, 17th, 1842. “That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.”—Ephesians 2:12 A very trifling alteration of the words of our text would make it applicable, I greatly fear, to many before me to-night. If we were to read, “At this time ye are without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.” What an awful state you are in, if such be your case! And of others we may adopt the language of God's Word in another place, and say, “And such were some…
