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The Whole Works of John Howe [ed. by J. Hunt].
The Whole Works of John Howe - ed. by J. Hunt Author:John Howe General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1813 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 book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SERMON III.' TE have proposed to consider this truth from these words-, That there is a work to be done upon all who shall partake in the kingdom of God, by which they are to be born spirit of spirit. -- We have opened the work itself according to the several terms in the text; and have spoke to the effect, or production ; that is, to make men spirit, who before were flesh ; -- the productive cause, the Spirit, and -- the kind of the production, which is by begetting. That, which we have next to speak to, is the necessity of this work; that is, the necessity of it unto this end and purpose ; namely, the rendering men capable of a place and partnership in God's kingdom. And as the former head we have hitherto been speaking of, does lie in the words of the text looking upon them in their absolute consideration, so we are led to the latter, by the relative consideration of them, or in the reference they have to the foregoing discourse. For our Saviour having said before, that "except a man be born again of water, and of the Spirit; he cannot see, or enter into the kingdom of God:" he doth in this verse, subjoin a reason why he cannot. "That which is horn of the flesh is flesh," and therefore there must be somewhat born of the Spirit which may be suitable thereto. In evincing therefore to you the necessity of such a work to such an end; it will be requisite, I. To give you some account of that kingdom, for which such a work as this is so necessarily preparatory. Preached December 19th, 1677. at Cordwainer's Hall. I will not trouble you with many distinctions about it,. only we are necessarily to dist...« less