The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation; Or, the Duty of Sinners to Believe in Jesus Christ

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. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... will you go ? Jesus invites you to come to him. His servants beseech you, in his name, to be reconciled to God. The Spirit saith, Come; and the bride saith, Come; and whosoever will, let him come, and take of the water of life freely. An eternal heaven is before you, in one direction, and an eternal hell in the other. Your answer is required. Be one thing or another. Choose you, this day, whom ye will serve. For our parts, we will abide by our Lord and Savior. If you continue to reject him, so it must be. Nevertheless, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come Nigh unto you. Finally: From what has been advanced, we may form a judgment of our duty, as ministers of the word, in dealing with the unconverted. The work of the Christian ministry, it has been said, is to preach the Gospel, or to hold up the free grace of God through Jesus Christ, as the only way of a sinner's salvation. This is, doubtless, true; and if this be not the leading theme of our ministrations, we had better be any thing than preachers. Woe unto us, if we preach not the Gospel! The minister who, under a pretence of pressing the practice of religion, neglects its all-important principles, labors in the fire. He may enforce duty till duty freezes upon his lips. Neither his auditors nor himself will greatly regard it. But, on the contrary, if, by preaching the Gospel, be meant the insisting solely upon the blessings and privileges of religion, to the neglect of exhortations, calls, and warnings, it is sufficient to say that such was not the practice of Christ and his apostles. It will not be denied that they preached the Gospel, * yet they warned, admonished, and entreated sinners to repent and believe; to believe while they had the light; to labor not for...