Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... IX. THE TWOFOLD MINISTRY OF CHRIST. "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healcth all thy diseases." --Ps. ciii: 3. WE have in these words a striking instance of what is known as the Hebrew parallelism. It is one of the most rhythmical and beautifully balanced sentences in the whole book of Psalms. But we see in the words something more than the rhythm and cadence of poetic measure. There is a parallelism of thought and doctrine here. Forth from the divine fountain flow two streams of blessing -- forgiveness and health; recovery for the soul and restoration for the body. And these are not merely consecutive in God's plan, forgiveness now and healing hereafter, -- they are parallel; they move side by side as a double manifestation of the same divine power. They are not two facts even, but the twofold expression of one fact--the life of God communicated to man, and invigorating and repairing by the same energy both his spirit and his flesh, -- "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases." Considering Jesus Christ now as the manifestation of God's life and grace, let us see how this twofold blessing comes to man through him. Observe, then, -- I. Christ's twofold ministry while on earth. You have to take only the most casual glance at his life to discover how constantly he exercised a double ministration to men. He healed the sick and forgave the sinner. He fed the hungry with bread for their bodies, and he fed the penitent with bread for their souls. He said to one suffering woman, "Thou art loosed from thine infirmity," and he said to another sinning woman, "Thy sins are forgiven thee." From the day he began his earthly ministry till the day he finished it by entering into glory, two things could be said of him, and...
