“The mystery of iniquity doth already work.” 2 Thess. 2:7. 1. Without inquiring how far these words refer to any particular event in the Christian Church, I would at present take occasion from them to consider that important question, — In what manner the mystery of iniquity hath wrought among us till it hath well-nigh…
Category: John Wesley
Sermon 60 – The General Deliverance
“The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that subjected it: Yet in hope that the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the…
Sermon 59 – God’s Love To Fallen Man
“Not as the offence, so also is the free gift.” Rom. 5:15. 1. How exceeding common, and how bitter, is the outcry against our first parent for the mischief which he not only brought upon himself, but entailed upon his latest posterity! It was by his wilful rebellion against God that “sin entered into the…
Sermon 58 – On Predestination
“Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son: — Whom he did predestinate, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” Romans 8:29, 30. Our beloved brother Paul,” says St. Peter, “according to the…
Sermon 57 – On The Fall Of Man
“Dust thou are, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:19. 1. Why is there pain in the world; seeing God is “loving to every man, and his mercy is over all his works” Because there is sin: Had there been no sin, there would have been no pain. But pain (supposing God to be…
Sermon 56 – God’s Approbation Of His Works
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Gen. 1:31. 1. When God created the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, at the conclusion of each day’s work it is said, “And God saw that it was good.” Whatever was created was good in its…
Sermon 55 – On The Trinity
ADVERTISEMENT Some days since I was desired to preach on this text. I did so yesterday morning. In the afternoon I was pressed to write down and print my sermon, if possible, before I left Cork. I have wrote it this morning; but I must beg the reader to make allowance for the disadvantages I…
Sermon 54 – On Eternity
“From everlasting to everlasting thou art God.” Psalm 90:2 1. I would fain speak of that awful subject, — eternity. But how can we grasp it in our thought It is so vast, that the narrow mind of man is utterly unable to comprehend it. But does it not bear some affinity to another incomprehensible…
Sermon 53 – On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. George Whitefield
Preached at the Chapel in Tottenham-Court Road on Sunday, November 18, 1770 and at the Tabernacle, near Moorfields, on Friday, November 23, 1770. “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!” Num. 23:10. 1. “Let my last end be like his!” How many of you join in…
Sermon 52 – The Reformation Of Manners
Preached before the Society for Reformation of Manners on Sunday, January 30, 1763 at the Chapel in West-Street, Seven-Dials “Who will rise up with me against the wicked” Ps. 94:16. 1. In all ages, men who neither feared God nor regarded man have combined together, and formed confederacies, to carry on the works of darkness.…