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A sermon preached
A sermon preached by the late eminent Mr. Steph. Charnock on 2 Cor. V. XIX.
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for J.K., 1680
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.
BE at Enmity with Sin. God was in Christ reconciling Sinners, not Sin: He sent his Son to reconcile Enemies, not their Enmity. Fire and Water can sooner agree, than God and Sin; Peace with God, and Peace with Iniquity. A Traitor may be reconciled ⟨p. 23⟩to his Prince; but the Treason is still as hateful as before.
BE at Enmity with Sin. God was in Christ reconciling Sinners, not Sin: He sent his Son to reconcile Enemies, not their Enmity. Fire and Water can sooner agree, than God and Sin; Peace with God, and Peace with Iniquity. A Traitour may be reconciled ⟨p. 23⟩to his Prince; but the Treason is still as hateful as before.
Indeed, this Enmity with Sin, is the best Sign of our Actual Reconciliation; when we hate that which made the first Separation between God, and the Soul. Christ Expiated Sin, but did not Encourage it: He Dyed not only to make Peace; but he Dyed also to make us Holy, and purify a People to himself.
Indeed, this Enmity with Sin, is the best Signe of our Actual Reconciliation; when we hate that which made the first Separation between God, and the Soul. Christ Expiated Sin, but did not Encourage it: He Dyed not only to make Peace; but he Dyed also to make us Holy, and purifie a People to himself.
The Design of God, in the Manifestation of Christ in the Flesh, was to destroy the Works of the Devil: The chief Work of the Devil; was to enter Man into a League with himself, in his Rebellion against God his Maker. God aimed at the Death of Sin, when he aimed at the Life of our Souls. The Ends of Christ's Death, are not separated: He is no Atoner, where he is not a Refiner.