A. FULLER. The Sinner directed to look into Himself for Conviction. Ps. 4: 4. Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. A. FULLER. The Soul directed to look out of itself for Consolation. Ps. 13: 2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? A. FULLER. The Reception of Christ the turning point of Salvation. John 1: 10-12. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. C. LEE. C. LEE. The Guilt of Unbelief. John 16: 9. Of sin, because they believe not on me. God Angry with the Wicked. Ps. 7: 11. God is angry with the wicked every day. C. LEE. R. HALL. Sinners are Miserable. Rome 3: 16, 17. Destruction and misery are in their ways: and the way of peace have they not known. Covering Sin the Way to Ruin. Prov. 28: 13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Corruption of Mankind before the Gen. 6: 11. The earth also was corrupt R. HALL. Spiritual Death-its Application, Nature and Consequences. Eph. 2: 1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. R. HALL. Spiritual Leprosy. Lev. 13: 45. And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. R. HALL. On Counting the Cost. Luke 14: 28. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? R. HALL. Joy of Angels. SIMEON. Luke 15: 7. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance. Souls Quickened by the Gospel. Ezek. 37: 11-13. Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Andye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves. SIMEON. SIMEON. SIMEON. Exhortation to Careless Sinners. Eph. 5: 14. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Men's Disregard of the Gospel. Hos. 8: 12. I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. God's Appeal to the Sinner's De- Isa. 5: 3, 4. And now, O inhabitants of SIMEON. SIMEON. SIMEON. SIMEON. SIMEON. you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? Men's Neglect of the Gospel. Isa. 51: 1. Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. God's Voice to Sinners. Amos 3: 8. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy? The Means of Ascertaining who are in a State of Nature. Acts 8: 23. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. The Wickedness, Madness and Misery of Unregenerate Men. Eccl. 9: 3. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Men's Proud Contempt of God. after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. SIMEON. Mutual Abhorrence between God and Sinners. SIMEON. SIMEON. SIMEON. Zech. 11: 8. And my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. The Danger of Disregarding the Ex. 9: 20, 21. He that feared the word of The Sinfulness of Confounding Good and Evil. Isa. 5: 20. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! The Consequences of Sin. Hos. 8: 7. For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. SIMEON. No Peace to the Wicked. Isa. 57: 20, 21. But the wicked are like peace, saith my God, to the wicked. |