DISCOURSE: 1678 CHRIST’S CONDESCENSION John 13:12. _So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I there, your Lord and Master, have washed your... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1679 PRACTICAL RELIGION ENFORCED John 13:17. _If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them_. SO little was the virtue of humility understood among the heathen, that neither the Greeks nor Romans had a word whereby to express the idea. The lowliness of mind and poverty of spirit wh... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1680 INGRATITUDE DEPICTED John 13:18. _That the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel against me_. THERE was scarcely any circumstance relating to the death of our blessed Lord which was not the subject of prophecy. That to which my text refers... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1681 GOD GLORIFIED IN HIS SON John 13:31. _Jesus said, Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him_. IF it were asked, at what time, and on what occasion, God and his de... [ Continue Reading ]