DISCOURSE: 782 THE FOLLY OF MAKING A MOCK AT SIN Proverbs 14:9. _Fools make a mock at sin_. MAN in his first creation was formed after the Divine image; and there was not in his soul the least inclination to evil of any kind. But since his fall, he is become in love with sin: sin is the very eleme... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 783 MAN’S EXPERIENCE KNOWN TO HIMSELF ALONE Proverbs 14:10. _The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy_. THE inward experience of men, any further than it is discovered by acts or other outward signs, must of necessity be known to themselves... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 784 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE WAY OF SALVATION Proverbs 14:12. _There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death_ [Note: This was written a great many years after that on Proverbs 16:25. without any consciousness that the subject had been treated by... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 785 THE VANITY OF CARNAL MIRTH Proverbs 14:13. _Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness_. WE are apt to imagine, that whatever is sanctioned by the approbation and practice of the world at large, must be right: but we cannot have a more erroneous... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 786 THE DANGER OF BACKSLIDING Proverbs 14:14. _The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself_. THOUGH God does not select those as objects of his mercy, who are most diligent in external duties, yet he increases his favours to... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 787 THE FEAR OF THE LORD A SOURCE OF MUCH GOOD Proverbs 14:26. _In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children shall have a place of refuge_. IN the Holy Scriptures there is often much contained in a small space. Hence we read them frequently without discerning one half... [ Continue Reading ]