THE DEATH OF THE GOOD (Funeral Sermon.) Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, &c._ I. THOUGH GOD’S PEOPLE ARE THE EXCELLENT OF THE EARTH, YET THEY MUST DIE. Though “righteous” and “merciful,” and on these accounts so precious in God’s eyes, and so useful in His caus... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 57:6. I. Human substitutes for true and spiritual worship. II. Their offensiveness to God.—_Dr. Lyth._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOUL’S WEARINESS IN ITS SINFUL WAY Isaiah 57:10. _Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way, &c._ There is a littleness and there is a greatness in men’s sins. Some people are mean, timid in wickedness, would indulge passions more freely if they dared. But there is a force and boldness about... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF GOD THE COMFORT OF THE CONTRITE Isaiah 57:15. _For thus saith the high and lofty One that inheriteth eternity, &c._ I. A MAGNIFICENT DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATNESS OF GOD. His glory appears— 1. _In His essential majesty._ He is “the high and lofty One”—exalted far above us, out of huma... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOUNDING SIN AND ABOUNDING GRACE Isaiah 57:17. _For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, &c._ The design of the Bible is twofold: first, to reveal man to himself, and, next, to reveal God to him. The Bible contains a revelation of the gracious heart of God, and of the sinful heart of man.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEACE OF GOD Isaiah 57:19. _Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, &c._ There was a time when man’s religion was the religion of spontaneous innocence: the only religion open to him now is the religion of penitence. This makes the Gospel bear the character of a system of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE UNHAPPINESS OF SINNERS Isaiah 57:20. _The wicked are like the troubled sea, &c._ [1728] [1728] See pp. 318, 319. A true picture of that continued state of restlessness, uncertainty, and apprehension in which the wicked are held daily by the terrors of an alarmed conscience; or even by the dist... [ Continue Reading ]