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Sermons on the Fifty First Psalm, With Others on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects
Sermons on the Fifty First Psalm With Others on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects Author:John Bull General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1824 Original Publisher: Longman, Hurst and Co Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where y... more »ou can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SERMON II. HUMAN DEPRAVITY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN. PSALM LI. 5, 6. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts ; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Royal Penitent having confessed and bewailed his great transgressions in the four preceding Verses of this Psalm, which we have lately investigated, proceeds here to lay open the original taint and corruption of his nature. He traces his sins to their first source, that is, the depravity of his heart ; and this he does, not with a view of lessening their heniousness, as a palliation or excuse, but with unfeigned sorrow, as an additional proof of his sinfulness and guilt. He introduces this confession with the word Behold, 'Alas! this is evident, it cannot be denied, that I have followed the propensities of an evil nature, in committing these sins, and prone as I was to fall, I ought to have watched over my heart with more diligent care ; and sensible of my great weakness and depravity, I ought to have committed my ways unto the Lord who would have kept me from falling.' Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity ; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts, and thou shalt make me to know wisdom secretly. -- I purpose briefly to explain these Two Verses and then to consider more at large the important Doctrine which is contained in the jirst of them. We know from the sacred History that David was sprung in an honourable manner from his Parents; that he was born...« less