...his heart, and his portion for evermore. SERMON XII. THE EMPTINESS OF NATURAL VIRTUE. JOHN V. 24. " But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yoa." WHEN it is said, in a former verse of the gospely that Jesus knew what was in man, we feel, that...

...that quality, which, in the other, will receive a divine reward. The words of Christ to the Jews, " 1 know you that ye have not the love of God in you," are applicable to every unrenewed person. In this consists his criminality, ami hence will arise his...

...40 yet ye are not willing to come to me, that ye may have life. 41 "I receive not honour from men: but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 42 I am come in my Father's name, and yet ye receive me not : 43 if another shall come in his own name,...

...of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 41 I receive not honour from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him...

...ministry, and especially in his reproof of his opposergj taught the doctrine of total depravity. " I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you : for whom he hath sent, him ye receive not," Had natural men a spark of holiness, they would certainly...

...great a profession of their love to God, and suspected their own sincerity as little as any of us, I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. John v. 42. And were he now to pass sentence upon us, would he not make the same declaration with regard...

...structure, a mere bodily exercise which could not profit To them our Saviour peremptorily declared, u I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you." They busied themselves about trifles comparatively, while they neglected the weightier matters of the...

...nature. He knew what was in man and he drew the character of sinners in the truest colours. He said, " I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you." He said, " ye make clean the out side of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion...

...into the kingdom of heaven, if our Lord can say concerning us, as he said of the Jews, John v. 42. / know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. Nor shall we ever behold the face of God in glory, if, like the scribes and Pharisees, we are dissemblers,...

...Jesus Christ. Hence, the want of faith in Christ is alleged in proof of the want oflove to God : / know you, that ye have not the love of God in you : I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not. ' . It, • < '." it.»t*t 3. A complacency...