This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ...that in this respect he has never yet been understood. He so uniformly represented himself as speaking and acting by the express command of God, that he is too much regarded as a passive instrument, the mechanical agent of another and higher Being. We are not aware of the strong personal interest which the whole style ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ...that in this respect he has never yet been understood. He so uniformly represented himself as speaking and acting by the express command of God, that he is too much regarded as a passive instrument, the mechanical agent of another and higher Being. We are not aware of the strong personal interest which the whole style of his teaching undesignedly shows he must have cherished in his work. The principal force of the Divine command was felt by him in the free and inner force of his own convictions. The voice of his own soul, clear and imperative--this it was that he reverenced as the commanding voice of his Father. This was to him the most intimate and solemn expression of the Divine authority. His words were continually modified and suggested by external circumstances. And what does this indicate but the fulness of his heart, the inexhaustible abundance of his spirit? Must it not have been with him even as I have said, that he was full of spiritual life, and that when he spoke he spoke from within? He could not have held his peace, and he needed no outward inducement to speak, but such as was offered at the moment. The vessel was filled to the brim, and every breath made it overflow, and like the precious ointment upon the head of the High-priest that ran down, down to the skirts of his garments, the costly streams from the full heart of Jesus, fell upon the world cleansing and sanctifying. Here was the unequalled power of the words of Jesus. This it was that gave them a victorious influence. They were uttered simply and earnestly, as the natural expression of thoughts and sentiments, which he himself cherished and felt far more deeply than it was in the power of any language to express. This is true Eloquence, --when a man speaks not for the sake of effect, n..
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