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The Blood of the Cross - Horatius Bonar
Horatius Bonar
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The Blood of the Cross - Horatius Bonar — Horatius Bonar.
Author: Horatius Bonar
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- 60 PDF pages
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1cannot deny the deed. You thirsted for the shedding of it. You gloried
pp. 9–9 · ≈ 2 min2who had never wronged you, who had done evil to none, but good to
pp. 9–9 · ≈ 2 min3buy and bribe the traitor. You suborned witnesses, whose testimony
pp. 9–9 · ≈ 2 min4this title. Many admitted it. There were signs of its being authentic.
pp. 10–41 · ≈ 91 min5blood could avail nothing. It could not reach high enough; it could
pp. 42–42 · ≈ 3 min6but divinely precious. No limit can be set upon its value. The
pp. 42–42 · ≈ 3 min7he needs. It meets every part of his varied case, leaving nothing
pp. 42–42 · ≈ 3 min8without blemish and without spot. This attracts his eye. There are
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min9efficacy by time or repetition. It is the same in this age as when it was
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min10written, "in him we have redemption through his blood, the
pp. 44–44 · ≈ 3 min11written, "now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were afar off, are
pp. 45–45 · ≈ 3 min12security, as well as the ground of his claim. "The blood is the life,"
pp. 45–45 · ≈ 3 min13goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to
pp. 45–45 · ≈ 3 min14by it he has been separated from a present evil world. Hence he can
pp. 46–46 · ≈ 3 min15and holiness flows in. He dares not use this blood for unholy
pp. 46–46 · ≈ 3 min16the Lamb." It is the sight of this blood that nerves him for the
pp. 46–46 · ≈ 3 min17written, "they have washed their robes and made them white in the
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min18of by the apostle, are all connected with this blood. It is the blood
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min19voice for him but that of love;—love strong as death, nay stronger. Its
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min20seemed to say that peace had left the earth, and in its place all
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min21the blood cried for vengeance out of the ground; this blood breathes
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min22thunders. It wields no lightnings to execute the sentence of
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min23is the commission with which it is entrusted in its embassy to man. It
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min24seal up man's ruin, and shut him up to helpless death. There seemed
pp. 49–49 · ≈ 3 min25must have been echoing in the ears of Cain, all his days. He might go
pp. 49–49 · ≈ 3 min26restored to Eden.—It was the blood of his brother that chased Cain
pp. 49–60 · ≈ 31 min
pp. 9–9 · ≈ 2 min2who had never wronged you, who had done evil to none, but good to
pp. 9–9 · ≈ 2 min3buy and bribe the traitor. You suborned witnesses, whose testimony
pp. 9–9 · ≈ 2 min4this title. Many admitted it. There were signs of its being authentic.
pp. 10–41 · ≈ 91 min5blood could avail nothing. It could not reach high enough; it could
pp. 42–42 · ≈ 3 min6but divinely precious. No limit can be set upon its value. The
pp. 42–42 · ≈ 3 min7he needs. It meets every part of his varied case, leaving nothing
pp. 42–42 · ≈ 3 min8without blemish and without spot. This attracts his eye. There are
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min9efficacy by time or repetition. It is the same in this age as when it was
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 3 min10written, "in him we have redemption through his blood, the
pp. 44–44 · ≈ 3 min11written, "now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were afar off, are
pp. 45–45 · ≈ 3 min12security, as well as the ground of his claim. "The blood is the life,"
pp. 45–45 · ≈ 3 min13goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to
pp. 45–45 · ≈ 3 min14by it he has been separated from a present evil world. Hence he can
pp. 46–46 · ≈ 3 min15and holiness flows in. He dares not use this blood for unholy
pp. 46–46 · ≈ 3 min16the Lamb." It is the sight of this blood that nerves him for the
pp. 46–46 · ≈ 3 min17written, "they have washed their robes and made them white in the
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min18of by the apostle, are all connected with this blood. It is the blood
pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min19voice for him but that of love;—love strong as death, nay stronger. Its
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min20seemed to say that peace had left the earth, and in its place all
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min21the blood cried for vengeance out of the ground; this blood breathes
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min22thunders. It wields no lightnings to execute the sentence of
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min23is the commission with which it is entrusted in its embassy to man. It
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 3 min24seal up man's ruin, and shut him up to helpless death. There seemed
pp. 49–49 · ≈ 3 min25must have been echoing in the ears of Cain, all his days. He might go
pp. 49–49 · ≈ 3 min26restored to Eden.—It was the blood of his brother that chased Cain
pp. 49–60 · ≈ 31 min
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