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
2 Corinth 5:17
Therefore if any man be in
XJ he is a new Creature: &c
Regeneration is a doctrine much Diſpiſd by ma^n^y, but it is a Doctrine of the Bible,
and therefore it is a Supſtantial Doctrine, it is a Spiritual Doctrine, and it is not to be
underſtood but by Spiritual
underſtanding — I believ'd
^it is^ generally own'd by thoſe, who belive[illegible]
the Bible to be the word of god. that we muſt be godd
Some how 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 Shou'd not ^like^ a Swine, in his filth to Dwell in our Houſes; so an unholy Man is no mor^e^ fit to
[illegible]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
othings are paſsed
a way,
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 X is to be united to him by a living
-
Faith, in other words, to believe
and receive JX as he is offer'd in the Goſpel to be the only Sutable Saviour, to rely upon him for what he has
done to ^be^ in XJ, is to have the Image of JX
reinſtampt in us and to have his Spirit
^in^ us, Yea to be in Chirſt is to have Chriſt Dwelling in us, and we in him —
- 2.They yt are in Chriſt
Jeſus are new Creatures
-
they are Created a new in Chriſt
Jeſus, they dont
donly have Names but have new Diſpoſiſtions—
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