Because ye have obeyed the command of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in Heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with [Sermon before the Holy Communion.] [From the Second Lesson, in the Morning Service, The kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his ser- Jesus, seeing their faith, saith unto the sick of the He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do SERMON XXX. TRINITY SUNDAY. FIRST SERMON. COR. xiii. 12. Now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part, but then shall I know even as I am known. WHEN any, after long blindness, have been restored to sight by surgical skill, it has always been thought advisable, and necessary, to prevent the light of the sun from striking too soon on the newly opened sense; and to keep the patient many days in a dark or shaded chamber, till, by slow degrees, and a cautious disclosure, his eyes have received sufficient strength to sustain without danger the full brightness of noon. Thus it is, that all the truths, which the Almighty has thought fit to reveal to His creatures, have been shrouded at first in mystery, or prophecy; and that He gradually inured our minds to wonder and miracle, before |
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