Those who turn back
Toward those who have never tasted the good word, God is indeed pitiful and of tender mercy. But justice takes place with regard to those who have tasted that the Lord is gracious (1 Peter 2:3), and have afterward turned back from the holy commandment (2 Peter 2:21) then delivered to them. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened (Hebrews 6:4), in whose hearts God had once shone, to enlighten them with the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6), who have tasted the heavenly gift, of redemption in his blood, the forgiveness of sins (Ephesians 1:7), and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, of lowliness, of meekness, and of the love of God and of man shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to them, and have fallen away, here is not a supposition but a flat declaration of fact, to renew them again to repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh and put him to an open shame (Hebrews 6:6).
1771 text
9. Toward those who have never tasted of the good word, God is indeed pitiful and of tender mercy. But justice takes place with regard to those who have tasted that the Lord is gracious, and have afterwards turned back from the holy commandment then delivered to them. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, in whose hearts God had once shined, to enlighten them with the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ; who have tasted of the heavenly gift, of redemption in his blood, the forgiveness of sins; and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, of lowliness, of meekness, and of the love of God and man shed abroad in their hearts, by the Holy Ghost which was given unto them: and have fallen away, καὶ παραπεσόντας· (Here is not a supposition, but a flat declaration of matter of fact) to renew them again unto repentance: seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
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Sermon 24 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:13-16.
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