Vulgar words in The world's great sermons, Volume 03 - Massillon to Mason (Page 1)
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~ ~ ~ Sentence 984 ~ ~ ~
The Spirit of God then strikes in, and shows that he has no good thing in him by nature; then he sees that he is altogether gone out of the way, that he is altogether become abominable, and the poor creature is made to lie down at the foot of the throne of God and to acknowledge that God would be just to damn him, just to cut him off, tho he never had committed one actual sin in his life.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 998 ~ ~ ~
But before you can speak peace to your heart you must be brought to see that God may damn you for the best prayer you ever put up; you must be brought to see that all your duties--all your righteousness--as the prophet elegantly expresses it--put them all together, are so far from recommending you to God, are so far from being any motive and inducement to God to have mercy on your poor soul, that He will see them to be filthy rags, a menstruous cloth--that God hates them, and can not away with them, if you bring them to Him in order to recommend you to His favor.
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After we are renewed, yet we are renewed but in part, indwelling sin continues in us, there is a mixture of corruption in every one of our duties, so that after we are converted, were Jesus Christ only to accept us according to our works, our works would damn us, for we can not put up a prayer but it is far from that perfection which the moral law requireth.
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And can you now say from your heart Lord, thou mayest justly damn me for the best duties that ever I did perform?