“The appearance was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.” Ezek. 1:16. 1. Whatever may be the primary meaning of this mysterious passage of Scripture, many serious Christians, in all ages have applied it in a secondary sense, to the manner wherein the adorable providence of God usually works in governing…
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Sermon 130 – National Sins And Miseries
Preached at St. Matthew’s, Bethnal-Green on Sunday, November 12, 1775 for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who lately fell, near Boston, in New-England. “Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: But these sheep, what have they done” 2 Sam. 24:17. 1. The chapter begins, “And again the anger…
Sermon 129 – The Cause And Cure Of Earthquakes
Charles Wesley First published in the year 1750. “O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord; what destruction he hath brought upon the earth!” Ps. 46:8. Of all the judgments which the righteous God inflicts on sinners here, the most dreadful and destructive is an earthquake. This he has lately brought on our…
Sermon 128 – Free Grace
Preached at Bristol, in the year 1740 “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things” Rom. 8:32 TO THE READER Nothing but the strongest conviction, not only that what is here advanced is “the truth as it…
Sermon 127 – The Trouble And Rest Of Good Men
Preached at St. Mary’s in Oxford, on Sunday, September 21, 1735. Published at the request of several of the hearers. “There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.” Job 3:17. [This appears to have been the first Sermon that Mr. Wesley ever committed to the press. It was preached about…
Sermon 126 – On The Danger Of Increasing Riches
“If riches increase, set not thine heart upon them.” Ps. 62:10. 1. From that express declaration of our Lord, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven,” we may easily learn, that none can have riches without…
Sermon 125 – On Living Without God
“Without God in the world.” Eph. 2:12. 1. Perhaps these words might be more properly translated, Atheists in the world. This seems to be a little stronger expression than “without God in the world,” which sounds nearly negative, and does not necessarily imply any more than the having no fellowship or intercourse with God. On…
Sermon 124 – The Heavenly Treasure In Earthen Vessels
“We have this treasure in earthen vessels.” 2 Cor. 4:7. 1. How long was man a mere riddle to himself! For how many ages were the wisest of men utterly unable to reveal the mystery, to reconcile the strange inconsistencies, in him, — the wonderful mixture of good and evil, of greatness and littleness, of…
Sermon 123 – The Deceitfulness Of The Human Heart
“The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: Who can know it” Jer. 17:9. 1. The most eminent of the ancient Heathens have left us many testimonies of this. It was indeed their common opinion that there was a time when men in general were virtuous and happy; this they termed…
Sermon 122 – On Faith
“Now faith is the evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1. 1. Many times have I thought, many times have I spoke, many times have I wrote upon these words; and yet there appears to be a depth in them which I am in no wise able to fathom. Faith is, in one sense of…