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This inequality arises from the inequality of the objects about which they are concerned, our duty to God or man. It also helps to look That true piety has respect to all the commands of God, and keeps them (Psalm 119:64). 4. Hopkins.If Satan prevails with us to go with him one step out of our way, we axe in danger to stop nowhere till we come to the height of all profaneness: he will make us take a second, and a third, and so to travel on to destruction; for each of these is but one step: the last step of sin is but one step, as well as the first; and if the devil prevail with us to take one step, why should he not prevail with us to take the last step as well as the first step, seeing it is but one? 1. 21 29 Then he was absolutely faithful to it, and thus he satisfied its claims. Its moral character. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. It must not be understood as if one commandment were less necessary to be obeyed than another; God's commands are all alike necessary.1. David Luckenbach. It would aggravate the venality of a Judge that the bribe was so paltry. Little sins are the natural stream of a man's life; that do of themselves tend hell-ward, and are of themselves enough to carry the soul down silently and calmly to destruction: but, when greater and grosser sins join with them, they make a violent tide, that hurries the soul away with a more swift and rampant motion down to hell, than little sins would or could do of themselves.(Bp. Little sins have in them ordinarily of temptation, and therefore more of wilfulness. That they who pretend that there are any laws of God so small that they need not obey them, are unworthy of His kingdom. Little sins are the natural stream of a man's life; that do of themselves tend hell-ward, and are of themselves enough to carry the soul down silently and calmly to destruction: but, when greater and grosser sins join with them, they make a violent tide, that hurries the soul away with a more swift and rampant motion down to hell, than little sins would or could do of themselves.(Bp. 7. Keep alive reverent thoughts of God.7. Pray for a tender conscience.6. (3)In any one instance. 0000005933 00000 n III. Matthew 5:19 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Matthew 5:19, NIV: "Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." 0000043769 00000 n 0000006660 00000 n I. Get a more thorough sense of the spirituality of the law.(Bp. By leading from the letter to the spirit. Hopkins.I. Williams.That an act in itself inconsiderable, may indicate the existing state of feeling, as clearly as one that is more palpable. Its truth. Matthew 5:1-12. )A little sin indicative of a carnal dispositionC. Isaiah 38:17. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. He taught things that the people hadn't heard before. Matthew 5:19-20 Pharisee indicates "separatist," one who is separate from others in the world. Your second sin no more exceeds your first, than your first doth your duty; and so of the rest.(Bp. See the peril of little sins, as they are sure to draw greater ones after them. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. Only let him receive you with coldness, and his disaffection is as indisputable as if it were manifest in angry assault .... Is it not evident that the man who has brought himself to the perpetration of one fraud, has broken down the only security against the perpetration of a score, lie who can be the oppressor of a few, wants only the means to become the despot of an empire.(C. In curious pictures, a little scratch is a great deformity.6. Little sins usually make way for the vilest. 0000069519 00000 n Little sins carry great guilt and bring heavy condemnation.1. The allowance of the least sin is a certain sign of a rotten heart.5. Comment and subscribe! It is very difficult to convince men of the great evil and danger of little sins.4. Keep alive reverent thoughts of God.7. 2. It is very difficult to convince men of the great evil and danger of little sins.4. In this sense he fulfils it. Although it is only a preliminary revelation, it.is not the less a real revelation. The allowance of the least sin is a certain sign of a rotten heart. )Little sins accumulateBp. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. %%EOF APPLICATION:1. Little sins leave men hardly conscious float they have broken God's law; great sins stir up piercing thoughts. 3. Hopkins. It helps to remember that the goal is reconciliation. Hopkins. 0000004304 00000 n February 2 Gospel Matthew 5:1-12 Sermon The Rev. Matthew 5:19 KJ21 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 5:19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. The child is not to be blamed because he is not a man. In the interest of fairness, we should point out that some scholars object to the view that Jesus was referring to his own commandments in Matthew 5:19. Making A Lasting Impact, Matthew 5 4. 0000010878 00000 n 5 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the [] mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. A tender conscience is like the apple of a man's eye: the least dust that gets into it afflicts it.(Bp. APPLICATION:1. Hopkins.The devil cannot expect always to receive such returns of great and crying impieties: but yet, when he keeps the stock of corruption going, and drives on the trade of sinning by lesser sins, believe it, corruption will be on the thriving hand, and you may grow rich in guilt, and treasure up to yourselves wrath against the day of wrath, by adding those that you call little sins unto the heap.(Bp. Little sins are the greatest provocations; murder is a reproach to all; unbelief does not provoke public scandal.7. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. The authority of the great God seems more to be despised by the commission of small sins than by the commission of great.5. Mat Mt) Your second sin no more exceeds your first, than your first doth your duty; and so of the rest.(Bp. By including the inferior older revelation in his new and most perfect revelation. Then behold a fearful shipwreck of all the hopes of formalists.3. They are all enjoined by the same authority.2. Sermon on Matthew 5:17-20. Matt. Your second sin no more exceeds your first, than your first doth your duty; and so of the rest.(Bp. Hopkins. (Thomas Adam. Matthew 5:19 "Whoever * then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever * keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Hopkins. (Thomas Adam. F��O�=f:��vF�jLp��oju���8�ZEG�f4��h R�f� P���M�@Z I. )The need of a sensitive conscienceBp. Get a more thorough sense of the spirituality of the law. WE LEARN IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THAT ... Mt 6:1 3. It is a violation of a holy and strict law. It records his words spoken to Moses and the prophets. MATTHEW 5. THE AWFUL DANGER OF THESE LITTLE SINS IN REGARD TO OURSELVES. The deeper, more spiritual righteousness can only be realized when the Law is written on the heart, and this is done, as Jeremiah predicted, only under the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:33). Scripture: Matthew 5:48. Hopkins. By exhibiting in life what the Old Testament reveals in word. 0000000016 00000 n Hopkins. But when Christ speaks of the least commandment, He alludes(1) to the corrupt doctrine of the Scribes distinguishing God's commands into small and great. It cannot create goodness. In Matthew 5:19, Jesus introduces us to the idea that as His followers, we must strive for eternal greatness—greatness that will last beyond death. Verification Code. )Little sins accumulateBp. Name. The Increase of God. (2) Those commandments which are great in respect of the Lawgiver, may yet be least in comparison with other commands of the same law, which are indeed thought greatest. 400501> MATTHEW 5:1-12 THE KING PROMULGATES THE LAWS OF HIS KINGDOM . January 26 Gospel Matthew 4:12-23 Sermon The Rev. This inequality arises from the inequality of the objects about which they are concerned, our duty to God or man. Then behold a fearful shipwreck of all the hopes of formalists.3. Little sins usually are the destroying sins.2. If we would save the palace from flames, let us put out the spark. IN THE KINGDOM . Obeying the Commandments, 1 John 2 3. What is meant by the "LEAST COMMANDMENT." Either the kingdom of grace, the Church, heaven. But, Jesus’ own sermons demonstrate otherwise. They are all necessary to be performed in order to eternal life. Matthew 19:10–12 Single believers like Daniel and Paul as well as married believers such as Abraham and Peter have been used mightily of the Lord to advance His purposes. 5. CLICK HERE FOR SERIES ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT . <]>> As you see in rivers, the natural course of them tends to the sea; but the tide, joining with them, makes the current run the swifter and the more forcibly: so is it with sin. What absolute need we stand in of Christ.4. The stern protests of the prophets against national sin stand good to-day as the utterances of an undying conscience. As little in it, as he accounts of them; that is nothing; they shall be excluded. Little sins do greatly deface the image of God in the soul. 0000046438 00000 n Either the kingdom of grace, the Church, heaven. Hopkins. They are all necessary to be performed in order to eternal life. The Old Testament was inspired by God. Small sins — what they want in weight, usually make up in number. Still, it cannot be denied that he lacks the man's larger wisdom and more enduring strength. 49 0 obj<>stream Little sins usually make way for the vilest. The Law had never been perfectly kept till Christ came. [4] Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Hopkins.The devil cannot expect always to receive such returns of great and crying impieties: but yet, when he keeps the stock of corruption going, and drives on the trade of sinning by lesser sins, believe it, corruption will be on the thriving hand, and you may grow rich in guilt, and treasure up to yourselves wrath against the day of wrath, by adding those that you call little sins unto the heap.(Bp. A tender conscience is like the apple of a man's eye: the least dust that gets into it afflicts it.(Bp. II. 1. This appears in that the least sin is a most high affront and provocation of the great God. (2)Natural corruption is of a growing nature.6. 7. If little sins have so much danger, what shall we think of great impieties?2. )The great evil and danger of little sinsBp. �Ek==���Z\Q����wH�K���c���m3��Ì��F?#�-�. What is meant by the "LEAST COMMANDMENT." What absolute need we stand in of Christ.4. This is the natural order of royal action. Its directions are formal and external. Small sins — what they want in weight, usually make up in number. )Avoid the least sinNewman Hall.If we would save the big ship, let us stop the small leak. Sometimes it arises from the latitude that any command hath in it, to our thoughts, words, or actions; a thought is said to be less than an action.II. A ship may have a heavy burden of sands, as well as of millstones; and may be as soon sunk with them. The authority of the great God seems more to be despised by the commission of small sins than by the commission of great.5. 5:19-20 Last week we looked at what Jesus meant when he said he did not come to abolish the law but fulfill it. (1)The devil, by his temptations, nurses up youngling sins, till they arrive at full stature. What cause we have to bemoan and humble ourselves before God.5. 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2. This appears in that the least sin is a most high affront and provocation of the great God.2. Hopkins. What cause we have to bemoan and humble ourselves before God. Little sins are the greatest provocations; murder is a reproach to all; unbelief does not provoke public scandal.7. )The great evil and danger of little sinsBp. A tender conscience is like the apple of a man's eye: the least dust that gets into it afflicts it.(Bp. 7. A ship may have a heavy burden of sands, as well as of millstones; and may be as soon sunk with them.3. Little sins carry great guilt and bring heavy condemnation.1. (3)In any one instance. What is meant by "BEING LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." Sometimes it arises from the latitude that any command hath in it, to our thoughts, words, or actions; a thought is said to be less than an action. Not in the letter, which is superfluous, but in the spirit, which is essential. What a complicated evil every sin is, that the commission of the least makes you guilty of the greatest.4. APPLICATION:1. IV. If we would save the palace from flames, let us put out the spark. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS NOT A SUFFICIENT REVELATION. Pray for a tender conscience.6. Email. Its spiritual life. That all the commands of God should be preached in their proper place by Christian ministers. 0000009178 00000 n If little sins have so much danger, what shall we think of great impieties? THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE KINGDOM A. Hopkins. Private piety is revealed in the Old Testament so as to be the example and stimulus for all ages. The multiplication of little sins show how we need the merit of an infinite atonement. Small sins — what they want in weight, usually make up in number. II. The Old Testament is a grand testimony to righteousness. The adult man cannot afford to neglect the child even on his own account, for the child is a prophet from whom much may be learnt. David Luckenbach. 1. 0000001234 00000 n February 23 Gospel Matthew 5:38-48 Sermon The Rev. 2 He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, 3 “ [] Blessed are the [] poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. He does not only fulfil prophecy by doing what is therein predicted, but he makes the whole revelation of God perfect by filling up the lacunae that appear in the Old Testament. Hopkins.The devil cannot expect always to receive such returns of great and crying impieties: but yet, when he keeps the stock of corruption going, and drives on the trade of sinning by lesser sins, believe it, corruption will be on the thriving hand, and you may grow rich in guilt, and treasure up to yourselves wrath against the day of wrath, by adding those that you call little sins unto the heap.(Bp. 0000003534 00000 n If little sins have so much danger, what shall we think of great impieties?2. Hopkins. 3. (2) Those commandments which are great in respect of the Lawgiver, may yet be least in comparison with other commands of the same law, which are indeed thought greatest. It is very difficult to convince men of the great evil and danger of little sins. Little sins usually are the destroying sins.2. )The need of a sensitive conscienceBp. Hopkins. The grounds on which this is established are worthy of consideration. Then behold a fearful shipwreck of all the hopes of formalists.3. Small sins — what they want in weight, usually make up in number. 0000000876 00000 n Matthew 5:19 is the nineteenth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (part seven) Matt. They are all necessary to be performed in order to eternal life. II. )Little sins are often united with greatBp. In curious pictures, a little scratch is a great deformity. In curious pictures, a little scratch is a great deformity.6. (Newman Hall. But when Christ speaks of the least commandment, He alludes(1) to the corrupt doctrine of the Scribes distinguishing God's commands into small and great. Since Jesus did not command Sabbath-keeping in Matthew 5:17-19, we cannot use this Scripture to justify teaching it. Hopkins. )The great evil and danger of little sinsBp. Let us consider these minor violations of the moral law as they are considered IN RELATION TO THE LAWGIVER HIMSELF. What cause we have to bemoan and humble ourselves before God.5. As you see in rivers, the natural course of them tends to the sea; but the tide, joining with them, makes the current run the swifter and the more forcibly: so is it with sin. 0000003899 00000 n Pray for a tender conscience.6. 1. startxref )Little sins accumulateBp. Hopkins. Then behold a fearful shipwreck of all the hopes of formalists.3. "THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW" Jesus And The Law (5:17-19) INTRODUCTION 1. What a complicated evil every sin is, that the commission of the least makes you guilty of the greatest.4. H�|T�n�0��+�H-nZ�S�$E Little sins are the greatest provocations; murder is a reproach to all; unbelief does not provoke public scandal. (2) Those commandments which are great in respect of the Lawgiver, may yet be least in comparison with other commands of the same law, which are indeed thought greatest. )Avoid the least sinNewman Hall.If we would save the big ship, let us stop the small leak. Little sins usually are the destroying sins. Matthew 5:17 - 5:19. This is a key theme in the Sermon on the Mount, and surfaces throughout the entire message. 6. Get a more thorough sense of the spirituality of the law.(Bp. Williams.That an act in itself inconsiderable, may indicate the existing state of feeling, as clearly as one that is more palpable. 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These are not reasons for condemning and repudiating the book. “Enquiring minds want to know.” That is a slogan of a well-known supermarket tabloid. 0000063656 00000 n Hopkins. )Little sins accumulateBp. 4. This inequality arises from the inequality of the objects about which they are concerned, our duty to God or man. It also helps to look That true piety has respect to all the commands of God, and keeps them (Psalm 119:64). 4. Hopkins.If Satan prevails with us to go with him one step out of our way, we axe in danger to stop nowhere till we come to the height of all profaneness: he will make us take a second, and a third, and so to travel on to destruction; for each of these is but one step: the last step of sin is but one step, as well as the first; and if the devil prevail with us to take one step, why should he not prevail with us to take the last step as well as the first step, seeing it is but one? 1. 21 29 Then he was absolutely faithful to it, and thus he satisfied its claims. Its moral character. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. It must not be understood as if one commandment were less necessary to be obeyed than another; God's commands are all alike necessary.1. David Luckenbach. It would aggravate the venality of a Judge that the bribe was so paltry. Little sins are the natural stream of a man's life; that do of themselves tend hell-ward, and are of themselves enough to carry the soul down silently and calmly to destruction: but, when greater and grosser sins join with them, they make a violent tide, that hurries the soul away with a more swift and rampant motion down to hell, than little sins would or could do of themselves.(Bp. Little sins have in them ordinarily of temptation, and therefore more of wilfulness. That they who pretend that there are any laws of God so small that they need not obey them, are unworthy of His kingdom. Little sins are the natural stream of a man's life; that do of themselves tend hell-ward, and are of themselves enough to carry the soul down silently and calmly to destruction: but, when greater and grosser sins join with them, they make a violent tide, that hurries the soul away with a more swift and rampant motion down to hell, than little sins would or could do of themselves.(Bp. 7. Keep alive reverent thoughts of God.7. Pray for a tender conscience.6. (3)In any one instance. 0000005933 00000 n III. Matthew 5:19 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Matthew 5:19, NIV: "Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." 0000043769 00000 n 0000006660 00000 n I. Get a more thorough sense of the spirituality of the law.(Bp. By leading from the letter to the spirit. Hopkins.I. Williams.That an act in itself inconsiderable, may indicate the existing state of feeling, as clearly as one that is more palpable. Its truth. Matthew 5:1-12. )A little sin indicative of a carnal dispositionC. Isaiah 38:17. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. He taught things that the people hadn't heard before. Matthew 5:19-20 Pharisee indicates "separatist," one who is separate from others in the world. Your second sin no more exceeds your first, than your first doth your duty; and so of the rest.(Bp. See the peril of little sins, as they are sure to draw greater ones after them. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. Only let him receive you with coldness, and his disaffection is as indisputable as if it were manifest in angry assault .... Is it not evident that the man who has brought himself to the perpetration of one fraud, has broken down the only security against the perpetration of a score, lie who can be the oppressor of a few, wants only the means to become the despot of an empire.(C. In curious pictures, a little scratch is a great deformity.6. Little sins usually make way for the vilest. 0000069519 00000 n Little sins carry great guilt and bring heavy condemnation.1. The allowance of the least sin is a certain sign of a rotten heart.5. Comment and subscribe! It is very difficult to convince men of the great evil and danger of little sins.4. Keep alive reverent thoughts of God.7. 2. It is very difficult to convince men of the great evil and danger of little sins.4. In this sense he fulfils it. Although it is only a preliminary revelation, it.is not the less a real revelation. The allowance of the least sin is a certain sign of a rotten heart. )Little sins accumulateBp. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. %%EOF APPLICATION:1. Little sins leave men hardly conscious float they have broken God's law; great sins stir up piercing thoughts. 3. Hopkins. It helps to remember that the goal is reconciliation. Hopkins. 0000004304 00000 n February 2 Gospel Matthew 5:1-12 Sermon The Rev. Matthew 5:19 KJ21 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 5:19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. The child is not to be blamed because he is not a man. In the interest of fairness, we should point out that some scholars object to the view that Jesus was referring to his own commandments in Matthew 5:19. Making A Lasting Impact, Matthew 5 4. 0000010878 00000 n 5 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the [] mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. A tender conscience is like the apple of a man's eye: the least dust that gets into it afflicts it.(Bp. APPLICATION:1. Hopkins.The devil cannot expect always to receive such returns of great and crying impieties: but yet, when he keeps the stock of corruption going, and drives on the trade of sinning by lesser sins, believe it, corruption will be on the thriving hand, and you may grow rich in guilt, and treasure up to yourselves wrath against the day of wrath, by adding those that you call little sins unto the heap.(Bp. Little sins are the greatest provocations; murder is a reproach to all; unbelief does not provoke public scandal.7. )Great advancement made in sin by little stagesBp. The authority of the great God seems more to be despised by the commission of small sins than by the commission of great.5. Mat Mt) Your second sin no more exceeds your first, than your first doth your duty; and so of the rest.(Bp. By including the inferior older revelation in his new and most perfect revelation. Then behold a fearful shipwreck of all the hopes of formalists.3. They are all enjoined by the same authority.2. Sermon on Matthew 5:17-20. Matt. Your second sin no more exceeds your first, than your first doth your duty; and so of the rest.(Bp. Hopkins. (Thomas Adam. Matthew 5:19 "Whoever * then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever * keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Hopkins. (Thomas Adam. F��O�=f:��vF�jLp��oju���8�ZEG�f4��h R�f� P���M�@Z I. )The need of a sensitive conscienceBp. Get a more thorough sense of the spirituality of the law. WE LEARN IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THAT ... Mt 6:1 3. It is a violation of a holy and strict law. It records his words spoken to Moses and the prophets. MATTHEW 5. THE AWFUL DANGER OF THESE LITTLE SINS IN REGARD TO OURSELVES. The deeper, more spiritual righteousness can only be realized when the Law is written on the heart, and this is done, as Jeremiah predicted, only under the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:33). Scripture: Matthew 5:48. Hopkins. By exhibiting in life what the Old Testament reveals in word. 0000000016 00000 n Hopkins. But when Christ speaks of the least commandment, He alludes(1) to the corrupt doctrine of the Scribes distinguishing God's commands into small and great. It cannot create goodness. In Matthew 5:19, Jesus introduces us to the idea that as His followers, we must strive for eternal greatness—greatness that will last beyond death. Verification Code. )Little sins accumulateBp. Name. The Increase of God. (2) Those commandments which are great in respect of the Lawgiver, may yet be least in comparison with other commands of the same law, which are indeed thought greatest. 400501> MATTHEW 5:1-12 THE KING PROMULGATES THE LAWS OF HIS KINGDOM . January 26 Gospel Matthew 4:12-23 Sermon The Rev. This inequality arises from the inequality of the objects about which they are concerned, our duty to God or man. Then behold a fearful shipwreck of all the hopes of formalists.3. Little sins usually are the destroying sins.2. If we would save the palace from flames, let us put out the spark. IN THE KINGDOM . Obeying the Commandments, 1 John 2 3. What is meant by the "LEAST COMMANDMENT." Either the kingdom of grace, the Church, heaven. But, Jesus’ own sermons demonstrate otherwise. They are all necessary to be performed in order to eternal life. Matthew 19:10–12 Single believers like Daniel and Paul as well as married believers such as Abraham and Peter have been used mightily of the Lord to advance His purposes. 5. CLICK HERE FOR SERIES ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT . <]>> As you see in rivers, the natural course of them tends to the sea; but the tide, joining with them, makes the current run the swifter and the more forcibly: so is it with sin. What absolute need we stand in of Christ.4. The stern protests of the prophets against national sin stand good to-day as the utterances of an undying conscience. As little in it, as he accounts of them; that is nothing; they shall be excluded. Little sins do greatly deface the image of God in the soul. 0000046438 00000 n Either the kingdom of grace, the Church, heaven. Hopkins. They are all necessary to be performed in order to eternal life. The Old Testament was inspired by God. Small sins — what they want in weight, usually make up in number. Still, it cannot be denied that he lacks the man's larger wisdom and more enduring strength. 49 0 obj<>stream Little sins usually make way for the vilest. The Law had never been perfectly kept till Christ came. [4] Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Hopkins.The devil cannot expect always to receive such returns of great and crying impieties: but yet, when he keeps the stock of corruption going, and drives on the trade of sinning by lesser sins, believe it, corruption will be on the thriving hand, and you may grow rich in guilt, and treasure up to yourselves wrath against the day of wrath, by adding those that you call little sins unto the heap.(Bp. A tender conscience is like the apple of a man's eye: the least dust that gets into it afflicts it.(Bp. II. 1. This appears in that the least sin is a most high affront and provocation of the great God. (2)Natural corruption is of a growing nature.6. 7. If little sins have so much danger, what shall we think of great impieties?2. )The great evil and danger of little sinsBp. �Ek==���Z\Q����wH�K���c���m3��Ì��F?#�-�. What is meant by the "LEAST COMMANDMENT." What absolute need we stand in of Christ.4. This is the natural order of royal action. Its directions are formal and external. Small sins — what they want in weight, usually make up in number. )Avoid the least sinNewman Hall.If we would save the big ship, let us stop the small leak. Sometimes it arises from the latitude that any command hath in it, to our thoughts, words, or actions; a thought is said to be less than an action.II. A ship may have a heavy burden of sands, as well as of millstones; and may be as soon sunk with them. The authority of the great God seems more to be despised by the commission of small sins than by the commission of great.5. 5:19-20 Last week we looked at what Jesus meant when he said he did not come to abolish the law but fulfill it. (1)The devil, by his temptations, nurses up youngling sins, till they arrive at full stature. What cause we have to bemoan and humble ourselves before God.5. 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