The Illustrating Mirror, or a Fundamental Illustration of Christ's Sermon on the Mount

Excerpt from The Illustrating Mirror, or a Fundamental Illustration of Christ's Sermon on the Mount: For All Lovers of the Truth to Examine Their Faith, and to Promote Their Observance of the Doctrines of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ For as much as it is evident, that man is by nature sinful, impure, blind and ignorant in spiritual things, and estranged from the life that cometh from God, Christ hath ap peared as the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world (john which light is continually striving,in order to convince men and'open their eyes to a sense of their mlserable condition, that they may be made partakers of eternal felicity. But if a man persists in shutting the door of his heart, and hardens himself in sins, lovmg them more than his own soul, or him who created heaven and earth and all that is therein; if he walks according to the will of the żesh and the light of reason; if he will not receive the love of the truth, that he may be saved: then God at length sends him strong delusions, that he shall believe a lie; that all may be damned who believe not) the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thess. 2: 11, 12. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.