Sermon, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1766 July 13
Author
Occom, Samson
Date13 July, 1766
ms number766413
abstractOccom's sermon on the text "Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a
new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new".
handwritingHandwriting is small, but clear and legible.
paperVery small sheets folded and sewn together into a booklet are in
good condition, with minimal staining and wear.
inkBrown ink varies in intensity over the course of the
manuscript.
noteworthyAt the top of one recto, an editor, likely 19th-century, has
added the note " '766 Ser. at Mr. Olding's." This note has not been transcribed.
The top of the last page is uncut, and so there are no images for five verso
and
six recto. On six verso, there is a recipe, likely for an herbal remedy,
in
Occom's hand.
EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain
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2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in
Christ Jesus he is a new Creature: etc.
Regeneration is a doctrine much despised by many, but it is a Doctrine of the Bible,
and therefore it is a substantial Doctrine, it is a Spiritual Doctrine, and it is not to be
understood but by Spiritual
understanding — I believed
it is generally owned by those, who believe[illegible]
the Bible to be the word of god. that we must be good
somehow before we are fit to go to Heaven, and this is good reasoning, for if we believe Heaven to be a good Place we must be good, if it be a Holy place, we must be Holy, if it be a pure Place, we must be pure, if it be Spiritual, we
must Spiritual, or else we can't Enjoy Heaven, Yea if god be Holy, we must be holy in order to serve him here and in the world to Come, or in other words, to Enjoy him in this world and in the World to Come — we are
ready to Conclude, that
a poor Begger, in his filthy, Ragged Garments, is not fit to go into the Kings
Palace and to Serve him there, and we should not like a Swine, in his filth to Dwell in our houses; so an unholy Man is no more fit to
Enter into Heaven, the Habitation of God,
— And therefore we must be holy, and god has found out a way for us to become holy,. and
it is by being in Christ — Now if any man be in Christ he is a New Creature, old
things are passed
away,
and behold all things are become new — — In further Speaking upon
these words I Shall Endeavour to Show by the Help of God —
- 1.What it is to be in
Christ —
- 2.Such are new Creatures
- 3.to Such all old thing are done away and all thing are become a new
—
- 1.Then what it is to be in
Christ — to be in Christ is to be united to him by a living
-
Faith, in other words, to believe
and receive Jesus Christ as he is offered in the Gospel to be the only suitable Saviour, to rely upon him for what he has
done to be in Christ Jesus, is to have the Image of Jesus Christ
restamped in us and to have his Spirit
in us, Yea to be in Christ is to have Christ Dwelling in us, and we in him —
- 2.They that are in Christ
Jesus are new Creatures
-
they are Created anew in Christ
Jesus, they dont
only have Names but have new dispositions—
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