This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ...the gospel while others have embraced it, to renounce their enmity and opposition to Christ, to his gospel, and to his friends, and persist no longer in opposing a cause which is destined to triumph over all its enemies. It is vain to oppose God, and Christ, and all tho friends of Christ. The gospel, under a divine influence, conquered three thousand one day, and five thousand another day; and is still able to conquer all in this place, as well as in any other. God may soon rend the heavens, and come down in all the majesty of his sovereignty, and bow the hearts of the most obstinate to the sceptre of Christ. Many of you who reject the gospel, have seen others in the day of divine power cordially embrace it. Thousands and millions of believers all over the Christian world are condemning your unbelief, and calling upon you to believe, and escape the wrath to come. You have no excuse for delay;--and you have no safety while opposing the only way of safety. Your guilt and danger are augmenting continually. As though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead to be reconciled to God. SERMON XXVIII. THE AVOIDANCE OF APPARENT EVIL. PREACHED SEPTEMBER 23, 1821. Abstain from all appearance of evil.--1 Thesaaloniana 4: 22. Mankind are very apt to despise and disregard caution. This they imagine is an imputation on their understandings, as well as their hearts. If a parent admonish a child against any apparent evil, he is ready to imagine the caution to be needless, and unworthy of regard. Or, if one friend caution another against any particular mode of conduct or course of life, the caution is often illy received and illy improved. The reasou of it is, every way of man appears right in his own eyes, and he thinks he is wise enough to...