Scripture Light on Popish Darkness, Notes on Portions of Holy Writ Perverted or Neglected by the Papists

by Ingram Cobbin

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851. ... and a great object of his mission was to bear witness to the truth. He promised the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, to lead into all truth, John xvi. 13. He promised his disciples, "Te shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," John viii. 32. He has promised the whole church, "All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children," Isa. liv. 13. Now when Christ, the image of God, speaks of himself as the Truth, he tells us where we must search for "Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal and they are they which testify of me," John v. 39. Then in shutting up the Bible we testify our contempt of Christ's command; we do dishonour to him, and damage to our own souls; we shut out the light, and walk in darkness. In this way error gets the ascendency. We grope in the noon-day. We gain no clear news of the Divine Saviour. The purity of his righteous law, to which we ought to be subject, is obscured from our view. The majesty of truth is never seen. It has no influence on our inquiries--our hearts--our actions. Of the vast importance of truth we may judge from the constant exhortations to beware of a false philosophy, lest any man spoil us, and lead us astray from the simplicity of gospel truth; from the cautions to take heed how we hear, and what we hear, and to beware of any mixture of leaven with the truth; from the awful warning that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but take pleasure in unrighteousness; and from the satisfaction expressed in the sacred writings respecting those who adhere to the truth. "For I rejoiced greatly," says the apostle John, "when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. I have no ...

20 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2012

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1777-1851