The Chief Sinners Objects of the Choicest Mercy
Stephen Charnock
Public DomainPuritans
Chapters 30
- 2. God has given examples of it in Scripture. Adam, the leader of all ≈ 3 min
- 23. Israel's sins were like a thick cloud, yet this powerful sun melted ≈ 3 min
- 3. The lineage from which Christ came seems to suggest this: God ≈ 3 min
- 4. It was Christ's mission in the world to seek and save such kind of ≈ 6 min
- 5. The commission Christ gave to his apostles was to this purpose. ≈ 3 min
- 6. The practice of the Spirit after Christ's ascension to lay hold of ≈ 10 min
- 1. The greatest sinners have a passive disposition to see their need ≈ 6 min
- 2. To show the insufficiency of nature for a work like conversion, so ≈ 3 min
- 1. Man's subjection under sin. He is 'sold under sin,' Rom. 7:14, and ≈ 3 min
- 2. Man's affection to them. They not only serve them, but they serve ≈ 3 min
- 1. The glory of his patience. We wonder when we see a notorious ≈ 6 min
- 2. Grace. It is partly for the admiration of this grace that God intends ≈ 35 min
- 4. Wisdom. The work of grace being a new creation, is not only an act ≈ 25 min
- 1. A sense of the sovereignty of grace in conversion will first increase ≈ 3 min
- 2. Love and affection. Mary Magdalene, from whom Christ had cast ≈ 9 min
- 4. Humility and self-emptying. Christ "chose the foolish things of the ≈ 19 min
- 7. Fear and reverence. Such a person will never despise the riches of ≈ 9 min
- 2. Secondly, to dispel groundless despair. Do not despair of others ≈ 3 min
- 1. Continuation of his love. He pardoned you when you were an ≈ 3 min
- 2. Supplies of his grace. You had a rich present of his grace sent to ≈ 3 min
- 3. Strength against corruptions. Can small obstacles stand against ≈ 3 min
- 1. Praise God for his grace. Admiration is all the glory you can give to ≈ 7 min
- 2. Often recall to mind your former sin. It was the custom of the ≈ 22 min
- 2. Christ's, and God's intention in his coming, was to forgive great ≈ 3 min
- 3. Christ's death was a satisfaction for the greatest sins, both ex parte ≈ 3 min
- 4. Christ is able to take away great sins. Did he ever let anyone that ≈ 3 min
- 5. Christ's nature leads him to show mercy to the greatest sinners. ≈ 3 min
- 6. Christ was exalted by God for this very reason: 'Therefore he is ≈ 3 min
- 7. Christ is entrusted by God to distribute his grace to great sinners. ≈ 7 min
- 2. Let not this doctrine encourage any person to continue in sin. If ≈ 7 min
| Author | Stephen Charnock |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | 1600s |
| Categories | Puritans · Christian Classics |
| Length | 30 chapters · ≈ 3 h 39 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.
