Dividing the gospel
Thus does the subtle adversary of God and man endeavor to make void the counsel of God, by dividing the gospel against itself, and making one part of it overthrow the other, while the first work of God in the soul is destroyed by the expectation of his perfect work. We have seen several of the ways in which he attempts this, by cutting off, as it were, the springs of holiness. But he likewise does this more directly, by making that blessed hope an occasion of unholy tempers.
1771 text
12. Thus does the subtle adversary of God and man, endeavour to make void the counsel of God, by dividing the gospel against itself, and making one part of it overthrow the other: while the first work of God in the soul is destroyed by the expectation of his perfect work. We have seen several of the ways wherein he attempts this, by cutting off, as it were, the springs of holiness. But this he likewise does more directly, by making that blessed hope an occasion of unholy tempers.
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Sermon 42 in the 1771 Works. Second Corinthians 2:11.
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