{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_20534/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_20534","id":"gutenberg_20534","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20534","summary":null,"tags":["Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches","Category: History - Religious","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Christianity","Salvation","Sermons, English -- 17th century","Society of Friends -- Doctrines"],"text":"Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed\nProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was\nproduced from scanned images of public domain material\nfrom the Google Print project.)\n\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber's Note: \"[_sic._]\" has been inserted wherever there was an\napparent typo or non-standard grammatical construction in the original.\n\n\n\nA SERMON\n\nPREACHED AT\n\nTHE QUAKER'S MEETING HOUSE,\n\nIN GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON,\n\n\nEIGHTH MONTH 12TH, 1694.\n\n\n\nBY WILLIAM PENN.\n\n\n\nSALVATION FROM SIN BY CHRIST ALONE.\n\n\n\nLONDON:\nR. H. MOORE, 162, FLEET-STREET;\nAND BANCKS AND CO., EXCHANGE-STREET, MANCHESTER.\n1836.\n\n\n\n\n\nBANCKS AND CO., PRINTERS, MANCHESTER.\n\n\n\n\nThe perusal of the first numbers of a series of tracts, containing\nextracts from the writings of \"early Friends,\" and published for the\navowed purpose of lowering the estimation in which those writings are\nheld by the Society, and even of proving \"that many of them would\nreflect discredit upon a private library, and ought truly to be\naccounted dangerous books,\" has given rise to the present\nre-publication. As an humble, but sincere admirer of those principles of\nGospel Truth, which the early Friends sought to promulgate, as well by\ntheir writings as by eminently devoted lives, and a constant and oft\nproved willingness to suffer for Christ's sake, I must protest (whether\nto any purpose or not) against the illiberal, and unjust mode of conduct\nresorted to by the publishers of the \"Extracts,\" in selecting short and\npartial sentences, and thus, as I conceive, grossly misrepresenting some\nof the views of those Worthies long since removed from the world on\nwhich they walked as strangers and as pilgrims, and long since, I doubt\nnot, permitted, through the mercy of their God and Saviour, to enter\ninto that \"better country,\" where they are no more exposed to the trials\nof time, no more exposed to the scoffs and persecutions of men, and no\nmore affected by the calumnies of \"false Brethren.\"\n\nWhilst, however, expressing a sincere and affectionate regard for the\nmemories of those who have preceded me in religious professions, I would\nadd that I consider them worthy to be followed only as they followed\nChrist, and that if I go forth by the footsteps of this flock of my\nSaviour's companions, it is that I may feed beside that good Shepherd's\ntents, where, I believe, they found plentiful pasture.\n\nI would most explicitly state, the present publication is no party act,\nor an act originating in party feeling, for though I must take a\nheartfelt interest in the present proceedings in our Society, yet I\ndeeply feel that, even if I see, or think I see, the Ark of the Covenant\nof our God unsteadily placed as upon a new cart, there is a danger of\nputting forth, like Uzza of old, uncalled and unprepared hands for its\nsupport.\n\nTo the serious attention of all honest hearted enquirers after truth do\nI commend this little Pamphlet, believing that the principles set forth\nin the annexed Sermon, are the principles uniformly avowed and supported\nby the \"early Friends,\" and that (however their views and writings may\nbe distorted and belied) the whole Gospel of a crucified and risen\nSaviour, in all its freeness, and in all its fullness, was what they\nsought to publish, and by their lives to adorn.\n\nC. GILPIN.\n\n_Manchester, 4th Month, 1836._\n\n\n\n\nSERMON.\n\n\nThe great and blessed God that made heaven and earth, the seas and the\ngreat fountains of the deep, and rivers of water, the Almighty JEHOVAH,\nwho is from everlasting to everlasting. He also made man and woman; and\nhis design was to make them eternally happy and blessed. And therefore\nhe made man in his own image; \"in the image of God created he him, male\nand female created he them:\" He made them after his own likeness holy,\nwise, merciful, just, patient, and humble, endued them with knowledge,\nrighteousness, and true holiness. But man and woman through their\ntransgressions lost this image of God, and with it lost their happiness\nand true blessedness, that God made them in a capacity to enjoy.\n\nNow in this state of MISERY into which we are fallen, we are come short\nof the glory of God; and it is out of this wretched woful state we must\nbe brought, else we shall never see the face of God with comfort. This\nis an eternal truth of God, and recorded in the Holy Scriptures. John\niii. 16. That \"God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten\nSon, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have\neverlasting life.\" God so loved the world, he gave his Son to be a light\nunto the world, that all might see their way back to God again: For sin\nhath darkened the understanding, and clouded the mind of man and woman,\nand alienated them from the life of God, and their hearts are hardened\nthrough the deceitfulness of sin. But now is the acceptable time, now is\nthe day of salvation, the day of God's grace and favourable visitation,\nwherein he visits men and women, illuminates their minds and spirits\nwith a light from heaven, that they might see the deplorable state and\ncondition wherein they are, and what they are doing: It is in this\nlight, that they have a day of grace vouchsafed to them, that it may be\nwell with them, both here and for ever. They that receive this light,\nand come out of that which they are called from, which is sin, they may\ncome to enjoy peace with God. It was sin that first separated between\nGod and man; and it is sin now that hinders man from acquaintance with\nthe Lord, who brings peace unto him: It is by this light, that we are to\nacquaint ourselves with God, that we may be at peace. Thus saith the\nLord by the prophet, \"It is sin has separated between me and you:\" Sin\nhath made a partition wall between God and us, and God hath sent his Son\ninto the world to break down this partition wall that sin hath made;\nthat so fallen man might return to God, and come into Paradise again,\nout of which sin hath cast him.\n\nNow, none can bring us back to God, and into favour and communion with\nhim, but our Lord Jesus Christ: He is the light and leader of his\npeople. There is no name under heaven by which we can be saved, but the\nname of JESUS: It is he that saves his people from their sins; and it is\nin him alone that we are blessed: \"Blessed is he whose transgression is\nforgiven, and whose sin is covered:\" And for the sake of Christ alone it\nis, that the Lord imputeth not iniquity to us. Now pray \"Examine\nyourselves, whether you be in the faith,\" 2 Cor. xiii. 5. \"Prove your\nown selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates.\"\nExamine yourselves, whether you have chosen the Lord for your God, and\nChrist for your Redeemer? And whether you have forsaken your sins, and\nreturned from your evil ways, and answered the visitation of the love of\nGod in your souls? Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who came to\nseek and to save them that were lost? He is the Physician of value, that\nwas wounded to heal our wounds: \"He was wounded for our transgressions,\nbruised for our iniquities, and had the chastisement of our peace upon\nhim; that by his stripes we might be healed:\" It is he alone that could\ndo this. Who is sufficient for these things? The Lord found out one that\nis sufficient; he hath \"laid help upon one that is mighty,\" that is\n\"able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him.\" God hath\ngiven him the Spirit without measure, and filled him with grace and\ntruth, that of his fullness we might all receive, and grace for grace:\nHe is mighty to save the sons and daughters of men, and to give them\npower to become the children of God.\n\nThis was testified of old, John i. 12. \"But as many as received him, to\nthem gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them who believe\non his name.\" Men want power over their sins: When sin appears to be\nexceeding sinful, they would overcome it, and be rid of it, when it is\ntroublesome: And when they are under a deep conviction of the evil of\nit, and see the woful and miserable state that sin hath brought mankind\ninto how they have lost the image of God and the favour of God; they\nthen desire to be restored, and brought back again into their primitive\nstate. You that know the truth of God, see how the work goes on in your\nhearts, see how the image of God is carrying on upon you. Consider, that\nthe Lord is a holy God, of purer eyes than to behold iniquity with\napprobation: \"There is no peace to the wicked,\" that walk in the broad\nway, and grieve the Holy Spirit, and do not answer his divine call.\nThere is a two-fold call concerning man, a call to repentance, and a\ncall to judgment. The call to repentance is in this day of God's\nvisitation; they that receive it now, that are so wise, as to answer\nGod's call, and believe in the Son of God, and in his inward appearance,\nthat obey his voice, when they hear his call, saying, Come away, come\nout of thy sins, come out of the wickedness, filthiness, and pollution\nof the world; come into the divine nature of the Son of God; come into\nhis life: Into what life? Into the spiritual life, the divine life? Thou\nhast been dead to God and alive to the world: Now that thou mayst\n[_sic._] be dead to sin, and alive to God, come unto him that hath all\npower in heaven and in earth committed to him. O come unto Christ, the\ndear and blessed Son of God, in this day of grace and salvation, and\nreceive power to overcome thy sins! Then thou wilt be a conqueror, and\novercome the Devil.\n\nWe are of ourselves altogether insufficient for these things, we are\nweak and impotent; and our Saviour hath told us, \"Without me ye can do\nnothing:\" We are justified freely by God's grace, through the redemption\nthat is in Jesus Christ; not justified by our own works. How great a\ncontradiction is it to charge them with the contrary, that say, They\ncannot preach nor pray, but as the Spirit of God moveth them. Blessed be\nGod that hath made us sensible of our own weakness, emptiness, and\npoverty. Our help hath been in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and\nearth, who hath given his Son to be an helper, and an all-sufficient\nSaviour to us; with him he hath given sufficient power and strength,\nwhereby we are enabled to overcome the Devil, the enemy of our souls: So\nthat we may be enabled to stand against principalities and powers,\nagainst spiritual wickedness, and conquer all the powers, of darkness,\nand fight the good fight of faith, and finish our course with joy, and\nkeep the faith: seeing there is laid up for us a crown of righteousness,\nwhich the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give us at that day; \"and not\nonly to us, (saith the Apostle,) but unto all them that love his\nappearing.\" We have not an High-Priest which cannot be touched with the\nfeeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we\nare, yet without sin: Christ, our Redeemer, was tempted, that he might\nsuccour those that are tempted. When the Devil tempted our Saviour in\nthe wilderness, and could not prevail, he went away and left him: The\nprince of this world found nothing in him, upon which he could fasten\nhis temptation. Christ will enable those that believe in him to overcome\nthe Devil, and to be more than conquerors, through him that loved them:\nHe came into the world to purge and purify his people, and to be the\nauthor of eternal salvation to all them that believe in him, and obey\nhim. But it is said, \"He did not many mighty works\" among some to whom\nhe preached the everlasting Gospel, because of their unbelief: Many will\nnot believe in the inward and spiritual appearance of Jesus Christ the\nSon of God, who is the light of the world; they will neither believe in\nthe light, nor walk in the light, which will enable them to conquer the\nevil one, who is the prince of darkness: It is only through Christ\nJesus, the great captain of our salvation, that we are victorious.\n\nTherefore, my friends, open your hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ,\nreceive this blessed gift of God which he offers to you: And can God\ngive you a greater gift than the Son of his Love? And will not you\ngladly receive him, and that great salvation which he hath purchased for\nyou with his own blood! But, say some people, we have received Christ,\nand believe in him, and believe the divine authority of the Holy\nScriptures. But let me ask you, Who keeps house all this while? What\nhave you done for Christ? Christ hath died for you; but hast thou lived\nto him? And hast thou died to the world, and died to thy sins and lusts?\nConsider with yourselves, It is both your great duty and interest to die\nto sin, and live to Christ that died for you. And we must stand at\nChrist's tribunal, and give an account to him, of whatsoever we have\ndone, whether good or bad; and he will judge us at the great day of his\nappearing. Blessed are you, that receive the blessed Son of God, that\nnow stands in Spirit at the door, and knocks: Open your heart, and make\nroom for him, and let not the world keep him out, and he will come in,\nand sup with you, and you with him: And he will do that for you, which\nyou cannot do for yourselves. \"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is\nweak:\" He will give thee power over sin, and over the world, and over\nthe Devil: Whenever he shall assault thee with his temptations, say,\n\"Get thee behind me Satan, thou savourest not the things that be of\nGod.\" When people come to be spiritually minded they will taste and\nsavour the things that are spiritual and heavenly: if they be not things\nof God, do not touch with them, have nothing to do with them; but walk\nin the Spirit, and savour the things of the Spirit. And hearken to the\ncounsel of Christ, who speaks to you in the name of Wisdom; \"O ye simple\nones understand wisdom, and ye fools be of an understanding heart; hear,\nfor I will speak of excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall\nbe right things: Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at\nmy gates, waiting at the posts of my doors: For whoso findeth me findeth\nlife.\" Hearken to the blessed counsel of Christ, hear his voice and obey\nit: They that do his will, shall know his doctrine: \"The secret of the\nLord is with them that fear him, and he will shew them his covenant.\"\n\nThey that have the saving knowledge of God, and Christ Jesus, which is\nlife eternal, they will walk in a correspondent and suitable manner to\nthat knowledge, and be holy in all manner of conversation: They will not\nbe only nominal Christians, but true Christians, Israelites indeed in\nwhom there is no guile; They will receive Christ Jesus who is God's\ngift, and knows [_sic._] the operation of his power in their\nsouls. These persons are fit to live and prepared to die; when Christ,\nwho is their life, shall appear, they shall appear with him in glory.\nWhen the sound of the last trumpet shall be heard at the end of the\nworld, Time shall be no more; Come away! that day shall not be terrible\nto them that have put off the old man, and put on the new man; and have\nbegun to live a new life, and to have new affections, new thoughts and\nresolutions, and have laid up their treasure in heaven, where their\nhearts are also: They have that peace, which the world cannot give, and\nwhich death cannot take away. Blessed are they that take sanctuary in\nthe name of Jesus, as in a strong tower; they shall get power over their\nsins, and over the vanity of their minds, that die to sin and live to\nGod, and feel the constraining power and efficacy of the love of Christ,\n\"who hath loved them, and washed them from their sins, in his own blood,\nand made them kings and priests to God.\"\n\nMy friends, hear the voice of Wisdom, who hath said, \"Whoso findeth me,\nfindeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord: but he that sinneth\nagainst me, wrongeth his own soul.\" Be you early seekers: seek the\nkingdom of God in the first place. The Lord calls from heaven; \"My son,\ngive me thine heart:\" Let thy answer be, Lord, take my heart, purify and\ncleanse it; break it, and make it new, make it fit for thy acceptance,\nthat I may find favour in thy sight. \"Without me (saith our Saviour) ye\ncan do nothing:\" Therefore desire him to do it for thee, and to work in\nthee both to will and to do of his own good pleasure. How dreadful is it\nto appear at the bar of God's justice as miserable sinners! Those that\nhave not Christ, the great Mediator, to plead for them, are miserable\nindeed: Therefore lay hold on Christ now; believe in him, lay hold on\nhis power and Spirit in this day of your visitation. If thou art under\nthe power of sin and Satan, thou mayst [_sic._] receive power from\nChrist, to overcome all the power of darkness: If the strong man armed\nhath got possession of thy heart, Christ will lay siege to it; and if\nthou be willing to open the door, Christ will come in and cast out the\nstrong man, and spoil him of all his goods. He will cast out the grand\nenemy of thy soul, and take possession for himself; that thou mayest be\ndelivered from the power of Satan, and from the bondage of corruption,\nand brought into the glorious liberty of the Sons of God: And if the Son\nof God make thee free, thou shalt be free indeed. For this end Christ\ncame into the world, \"for this purpose was the Son of God manifested,\nthat he might destroy the works of the Devil:\" And he will not lose the\ndesign of his coming, but will \"finish transgression, and make an end of\nsin, and bring in everlasting righteousness.\"\n\nLet us all come to Christ, and let none deceive themselves, and live in\ntheir sins, and yet think to come to heaven: \"Be not deceived, (saith\nthe Apostle,) God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sows, that shall\nhe also reap: He that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap\ncorruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap\neverlasting life.\" Labour for a sure grounded hope, a just hope in the\nmercy of God for pardon and salvation; then you must know a work of\nChrist upon you, and the power of the Spirit of Christ within you,\nsubduing your will to a holy subjection to the Divine will; that you may\nsay with the Apostle; \"I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live,\nyet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the\nflesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave\nhimself for me.\" Then the call to judgment will be joyful to you; for\nyou shall then be justified and acquitted before the whole world, at\nthat great and general judgment, and have an abundant entrance into the\neverlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and it shall\nbe well with you for ever. Now, \"say to the righteous, it shall be well\nwith him;\" not that it doth so appear at present; for through many\ntribulations we must expect to enter into the kingdom of heaven; And\nmany are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord will deliver them\nout of them all. So that \"if in this life only (saith the apostle) we\nhave hope, we are of all men most miserable\". Yet \"say to the righteous,\nit shall be well with him;\" Whatsoever their trials, troubles, and\ntribulations are, the Lord will deliver them in the best time; they have\nheaven in their eye and they look to the recompense of reward. Now what\nhast thou in thine eye? Is it the high calling in Christ? Is this the\nmark thou aimest at, and which thou hast in view? Is this the port and\nhaven, that thou art sailing to, \"looking unto Jesus, the author and\nfinisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him, endured\nthe cross, despising the shame?\" Heb. xii 2. The apostle, after he had\nbeen speaking of the suffering and martyrdom of those great saints, of\nwhom the world was not worthy; Heb. xi. How that \"through faith they\nsubdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopt the\nmouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the\nsword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, and\nturned to flight the armies of the Aliens; of women, that received their\ndead to life again, and others were tortured, not accepting of\ndeliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.\" Then he\ncomes to speak of the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ, and bids us\n\"Look unto him.\" Heb. xii. 1, 2, 3. Wherefore, \"seeing we are compassed\nabout with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,\nand the sin that doth so easily beset us; and let us run with patience\nthe race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and\nfinisher of our faith: Who for the joy that was set before him, endured\nthe cross and despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of\nthe throne of God: For consider him that endured such contradiction of\nsinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.\"\nBlessed are they that can endure all these things, shame, reproach,\ncontumely, and disdain, persecutions and afflictions that attend the\ntestimony of Jesus! Blessed are they that can endure the cross, and\ndespise the shame! It is an internal cross, which thou must endure for\nChrist, or thy own heart will reprove thee, check thee and condemn thee\nfor it: But if thou comest to know a being crucified with Christ, thou\nshalt reign with him, and be raised up to eternal glory with him. Unless\nthou knowest a dying to the world, and a being crucified with Christ,\nthou canst not have a well grounded hope of everlasting happiness.\n\nTherefore now, friends, examine yourselves about your title to heaven.\nIt is the wisdom and practice of the world, to examine their titles and\nsettlements, and to see, they be sure, and firm, and stable beforehand:\nSo we should make sure for heaven and eternal glory, and of \"an house\nnot made with hands, eternal in the heavens,\" before this earthly\ntabernacle be dissolved; then for us to live will be Christ, and to die\nwill be eternal gain. Blessed are they that bear record of the Word of\nGod, and of the testimony of Jesus, that bear his name, and testify and\njoin with him against the spirit of the world, and the prince of the\npower of the air. It is within that thou must join with Christ's\nappearance, that so thou mayest be christianized, and thy mind made\ntruly christian: Thou must be purified in thy spirit, and baptized with\nthe Holy Ghost, and with fire, and know the powerful operation of the\nLord: They that have not experience of the new birth, they cannot enter\ninto the kingdom of God.\n\nO my friends, set before you the example of Christ, who was holy,\nharmless, and undefiled; his life was glorious in holiness: And as it\nbecomes you, so it highly concerns you, to be holy in all manner of\nconversation. For if you imitate not the life of Christ, you cannot be\nsaved by his death: He came into the world, to redeem you from all\niniquity, and to save you from sin and hell; Labour to answer the\ndignity of your high and holy calling, with a conversation becoming the\ngospel of Christ: For you are called to glory and virtue. Whatsoever\ntroubles, temptations and tribulations may attend you in your pilgrimage\nhere below, if you be faithful and sincere, you will have peace with God\nthrough our Lord Jesus Christ. In all your labours and travels on this\nearth, you may look up with joy for you have a serene heaven over your\nheads; let Christ be precious to you; open the door of your hearts to\nhim, who is the King of glory: He is oppressed in the hearts of the\nunclean, but he is exalted and lifted up in the hearts of the faithful:\nBlessed are they that set him upon his throne in their hearts! O learn\nof Christ to be meek and lowly: Your humility will exalt Him, and will\nalso exalt you at the last: \"Be faithful to the death and you shall\nreceive a crown of life:\" Those that have eternal life in their eye, and\ndepend upon Christ alone for salvation, they have laid a sure\nfoundation. All other foundations will come to nothing; they are founded\nin time, and in time they will come to moulder away: But that city that\nGod is the builder and maker of, that Abraham had in his eye, will never\ndecay, nor moulder away: Let us have this always in our eye, that\nnothing may intercept our view. \"We have here (saith the Apostle) no\ncontinuing city; we seek one that is to come.\" In this world we are as\nsheep among wolves: \"Fear not, little flock, (saith our Saviour,) it is\nyour Father's good pleasure to give you a kingdom.\" If we be the sheep\nof Christ, we shall follow him: \"For his sheep follow him, and know his\nvoice, and a stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him,\nfor they know not the voice of a stranger.\" \"My sheep (saith Christ)\nhear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give unto them\neternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them\nout of my hands.\" Here is encouragement for us to labour abundantly in\nthe work of the Lord; \"for our labour shall not be in vain in the Lord.\"\nLet us, with Moses, \"choose rather to suffer affliction with the people\nof God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;\" and \"esteem\nthe reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; and\nhave respect to the recompense of reward.\"\n\nFriends, I beseech you, in the fear of God, \"look up unto Jesus, the\nGREAT MEDIATOR of the new covenant, the author and finisher of your\nfaith; that by patient continuance in well doing, you may seek for\nglory, honour, immortality, and eternal life:\" Which you shall obtain,\nif you persevere to the end: \"For he that endureth unto the end shall be\nsaved.\"\n\n\"Be not weary of well doing; for in due time you shall reap if you faint\nnot.\" He that hath appeared, as a God of salvation, and a mighty\npreserver of his people in all ages of the world, and hath been so both\nto the primitive christians, and to all our christian friends, that are\ngone before us to an eternal rest, if you faint not, but follow them,\nwho through faith and patience do inherit the promises, you shall lay\ndown your heads in peace in him, when you come to die; And when time\nshall be no more, you shall be for ever with the Lord.\n\nTo God be praise, honour, and glory, who hath stretched forth his mighty\narm to save: Who is the arm of the Lord but Christ Jesus, the redeemer\nof souls? When we had undone ourselves, and lost ourselves, in wandering\nand departing from the Lord, the true and living God, into darkness and\nthe shadow of death, He stretched forth his almighty arm, to gather us,\nand to bring us into the paradise of God again, when we were driven out\nby our own sin, from the face and presence of the Lord. Christ Jesus,\nthe great and good shepherd of his sheep, came to seek and to save them\nthat were lost: The lost sheep that have wandered from him, he will take\nthem on his shoulder, and bring them to his fold: and he will make them\nlie down in green pastures, and lead them by the still waters, and\nsatisfy them with the rivers of pleasure that are at God's right hand\nfor evermore. He hath promised, \"That he will feed his flock like a\nshepherd, and gather his lambs with his arm, and carry them in his\nbosom:\" I hope CHRIST JESUS, the GREAT SHEPHERD, will find some here\nthis day, that have gone astray, and gather them with his divine arm,\nand keep them by his mighty power, through faith unto salvation. To him\nbe all praise, honour, glory, dominion, and thanksgiving: For He alone\nis worthy, who is GOD over all, blessed for ever and ever.--_Amen._\n\n\nBANCKS AND CO., PRINTERS, MANCHESTER.","title":"A Sermon Preached at the Quaker's Meeting House, in Gracechurch-Street, London, Eighth Month 12th, 1694.","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":5060}