The Christian Ministry: With An Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Inefficiency 2
The Christian Ministry: With An Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Inefficiency 2
Charles Bridges
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35. 156 VIEW OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRT. his invitations to the unworthy, with the self-delusion and certain ruin of abiding under present convictions, and, with the assured acceptance of the weakest act of faith. The reception of the Saviour is a proof of spirit- ual life in conviction, and the spring of its continued exercise. Thus both Peter's and Stephen's hearers were pierced — the former only spiritually changed. Whatever feeUng, therefore, brings us to Christ, heartily weary of sin, sensi...ble of danger, thirsting for mercy, and anxious to walk by the rules of the Gospel, is the convincing power — not of conscience, but of the Spirit of God. But what tenderness is required, lest we " break the bruised reed !" Let the wide (distinction between the indwelling and the indulgence of sin— » between its occasional prevalence and its allowed rule — ^be accurately marked ; nay, even the overruling of its lamented incursions in deepening the contrition, establishing the watchfulness, exercising and strength- ening the faith of the afflicted penitent.
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