Sermon, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1766 July 13
Date13 July, 1766
Call 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
Christ Jesus he is a new Creature: etc.
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 gene
rally owned by those, who believe[illegible]
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 En
joy him in this world and in
the World to Come —
we are ready to Conclude, that
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,
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 Savi
our, 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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