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The Descent of the Branch into the Waters of Sorrow, to Bring up the Election of Grace: Being the Substance of a Sermon, Preached by J. Church, of the Surrey Tabernacle — John Shaqi

The Descent of the Branch into the Waters of Sorrow, to Bring up the Election of Grace: Being the Substance of a Sermon, Preached by J. Church, of the Surrey TabernacleChurch, J. (John)

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The Descent of the Branch into the Waters of Sorrow, to Bring up the Election of Grace: Being the Substance of a Sermon, Preached by J. Church, of the Surrey Tabernacle

Name: The Descent of the Branch into the Waters of Sorrow, to Bring up the Election of Grace: Being the Substance of a Sermon, Preached by J. Church, of the Surrey Tabernacle
Author: Church, J. (John)

Church, J. (John)

Sermons, English -- 19th century

Transcribed from the 1817 R. Thomas edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org  Many thanks to the British Library for allowing their
copy to be consulted.

                   [Picture: Public domain book cover]





                              _THE DESCENT_
                                    OF
                                THE BRANCH
                                 INTO THE
                           _WATERS OF SORROW_,
                               TO BRING UP
                          The Election of Grace.


                          BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF
                                A Sermon,

                               PREACHED BY
                                J. CHURCH,
                       _OF THE SURREY TABERNACLE_.

                      [Picture: Decorative divider]

            “AND HE CRIED UNTO THE LORD, AND THE LORD SHEWED HIM A
              TREE, WHICH WHEN HE HAD CAST INTO THE WATERS, THE
                           WATERS WERE MADE SWEET.”

            “AND IF WE ARE AFFLICTED IT IS FOR YOUR CONSOLATION.”

                                * * * * *

                                Southwark:
          Printed by R THOMAS, No, 11, RED LION STREET, Borough.

                                  1817.

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A Sermon.


                           2 KINGS, 6th Chap. v. 6.

    _And the Man of God said_, _Where fell it_?  _And he shewed him the
    place_, _and he cut down a stick_, _and cast it in thither_, _and the
    iron did swim_.

ALL scripture is written for our instruction in the knowledge of the
Person and Work of God our dear Saviour, as the only foundation of our
hope, the object of our faith and love, the only refuge of guilty man,
the brightness of the Father’s glory, and the express image of his love,
his wisdom, and his infinite condescension.  Holy men of old spake, and
wrote the sacred scriptures, under the divine influence of the Holy
Ghost.  Christ is the main object they all believed in, looked to, hoped
for, and held forth to succeeding generations.  Christ is the substance
of the whole Bible; every passage, in some way or other, like the Star of
Bethlehem, points to him; and the most wise and spiritual children of the
Most High, as divinely taught, must be ever upon the look-out for Jesus
in every part of the divine word.  Christ is in every doctrine, in every
sacred illustrious character, in every type, in every ordinance, and in
every precept, in every promise, and every Old Testament history, as well
as every New Testament parable: and where the mind is sweetly influenced
by the love of Jesus, it gladly receives Christ wherever it is given by
the Spirit to see him.

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The Descent of the Branch into the Waters of Sorrow, to Bring up the Election of Grace: Being the Substance of a Sermon, Preached by J. Church, of the Surrey Tabernacle

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