Author: Timothy Dwight

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-10-29

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9781396838057

Excerpt from Theology, Vol. 4 of 4: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons From these considerations, arises the importance of inculcating much, and often, the preceptive art of the Scriptures, from the Desk. I well know, that preac 'ng of this nature has been op posed, and censured, by individuals, in several classes of Chris tians. By Antinomians it may be consistently censured. As these men suppose themselves released from the Law of God, as a rule of duty, by the gracious dispensation of the Gospel; they have considered the preaching of the Law as useless, and even as mischievous. Such sermons as have urged the religious and moral duties of man, they have st led legal sermons, and those who have delivered them, legah preachers. By this language they have intended to insinuate, or Openly to declare, that the de sign of such preaching was the establishment of the doctrine, that we are justified by works of Law and the subversion of the Evangelical doctrine, that we are justified by grace, through faith in the Redeemer. That men have urged obedience to the Pre capts of the Scriptures, with this design, 1 shall not question, any more than that the same men have pursued the same design by descanting on the doctrines of the Scriptures; and even on those, which are purely Evangelical. But, that inculcating the practical duties, which are required of mankind tn the Scriptures, is, in this sense, legal preaching, I wholl deny. If this is its true chame ter, Christ Himself was a legaipreacher. This Glorious Person in his own discourses has given these prece ts, expatiated upon them, and urged obedience to them upon manfiind, in a vast multi tude of forms, to a great extent, and with unrivalled force and beauty. His Sermon on the Mount is an illustrious, and pre-cm inent example of this nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.