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Sermons preached on several occasionsSermons preach'd on several occasions
Sermons preached on several occasions by William Bates.Sermons preach'd on several occasions by William Bates.
London: printed by J.D. for Jonathan Robinson, 1693
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Refusers are for ever excluded from the Joy of this Royal Feast, being as unworthy as unwilling to partake of it. This Judgment is still visible upon the Nation of the Jews, who consent to their Progenitors rejecting and condemning the Messiah, and will not be convinced of the obstinate Imposture that was devised to prevent the Belief of his Resurrection. But it ⟨p. 195⟩did not become the Wisdom and Goodness of God, that such costly Preparations should be lost: it was requisite that some Persons should actually come to the Feast, that is, obey the Heavenly Call, and receive the Gospel; for otherwise the Redemption the Son of God so dearly acquired, had been without Fruit, he had died in vain, which is directly contrary to the Promise of God to him. I will give thee for 1a Light to the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my Salvation to the ends of the Earth. Accordingly the Servant is ordered to bring in the Poor, the Lame, and the Blind, and to go into the High-ways and Hedges, and compel them to come in, that the House may be filled. These Expressions declare the extreme Misery of the Heathens, who were at that time without Christ, Aliens from the Commonwealth 2of Israel, Strangers from the Covenants of Promise, having no Hope, ⟨p. 196⟩and without God in the World.
The Refusers are for ever excluded from the Joy of this Royal Feast, being as unworthy as unwilling to partake of it. This Judgment is still visible upon the Nation of the Jews, who consent to their Progenitors rejecting and condemning the Messias, and will not be convinced of the obstinate Imposture that was devised to prevent the Belief of his Resurrection. But it ⟨p. 195⟩did not become the Wisdom and Goodness of God, that such costly Preparations should be lost: it was requisite that some Persons should actually come to the Feast, that is, obey the Heavenly Call, and receive the Gospel; for otherwise the Redemption the Son of God so dearly acquir'd, had been without Fruit, he had died in vain, which is directly contrary to the Promise of God to him. I will give thee for