Christ The Healer A Sermon On Luke V 12 13 Preached On The Opening Of The New Buildings Of The House Of Mercy Clewer

Author : Samuel Wilberforce
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332009469
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Christ the Healer written by Samuel Wilberforce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Christ the Healer: A Sermon Preached by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, on the Opening of the New Buildings of the House of Mercy, Clewer, Vigil of S. Andrew, November 29, 1855 All the enactments, indeed, of the Law of Moses concerning leprosy seem to have been appointed by god, in order to stamp upon it this mystical charac ter. This purpose will account for that separation of the leper from the touch or company of his friends and relations, which is so alien to the general charac ter of humanity and kindness which marks the pro visions of the Jewish law. This is the solution of his being shut out of the congregation and the services of the sanctuary, though there was nothing infectious in his disease, and his separation could not, therefore, be required in order to protect others from any phy sical evil he could communicate to them. This ao counts for his ever bearing about with him in his sickness the tokens of extremest mourning, as of one weeping for his dead, and for his needing, if restored, the same purification as one who by the touch of a dead body had incurred a legal impurity. In studying, therefore, our lord's treatment of the leprous man whom He made whole, we are studying, as in some great acted parable, His treatment of the sinner, who is receiving moral and spiritual renovation from Him. And here, first, we may see of these, as of His other works of mercy, that He did not scatter them with an undiscerning prodigality around Him, but gave them to those who had yielded themselves to be drawn to Him by the secret breathings of His spirit, and who came to seek their deliverance from Him. For that mysterious limitation to His working. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.