The Sermons of Mr Henry Smith Author:Henry Smith Subtitle: Together With a Preparative to Marriage, God's Arrow Against Atheists Certain Godly and Zealous Prayers, Etc. Printed According to His Corrected Copies in His Lifetime General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1866 Original Publisher: W. Tegg Subjects: Sermons, English Religion / Christianity / Anglican ... more »Religion / Atheism Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christianity / Denominations 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 you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: JACOB'S LADDER; OR, THE WAY TO HEAVEN. " So run, that ye may obtain." -- 1 Cor. ii. 24. Because I have but one hour to teach you all that you must learn of me, I have chosen a text which is like Jacob's ladder, that shews you the way to heaven. This is all that you would know ; and it may please God to open your eyes, that you may know it before ye depart. Hear to practise; hinder not the Spirit, but let it work without resistance: record when you are gone, and you shall see the great power of God, what He is able to do for you by one sentence of this book, if ye digest it well. So run, that ye may obtain. Then we must see first how we should run ; secondly, What we shall obtain; thirdly, What will hinder us : that is, we must see the way, the lets, and the end. Four things mark in the way : first, Begin betime; secondly, Make haste ; thirdly, Keep the way; fourthly, Continue to the end; and thou shalt obtain heaven, whither Christ by these steps is gone before thee. When I have set you in the way, I will point at all the lets, stops, rubs, and blocks which are before you, behind you, beside you; the temptations of prosperity, the temptations of adversity, the temptations of heresy, which stand in the streets, l...« less