Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered written by Matthew Mead and published by Pantianos Classics. This book was released on 1856 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Mead guides Christians who wish to know whether they have taken the spiritual and emotional steps necessary to attain conversion to the faith. Mead takes a multi-faceted approach to conversion; the journey of Christians varies in length, some must walk far and do much to enter the faith. Many must try for successive years, held back by personal circumstances or persistent shortfalls of character. What keeps a person 'almost Christian' is discussed at length, with examples given of those who frequently come close, but do not quite make it and become true believers in the Lord. The central pillar of Christian belief is the admission that Christ is the keystone to all salvation; there can be no half-measures in this. Another common pitfall is refusing to accept aspects of Christ's divinity, or his prophecies or his being the Son of God. Refusing to give up a sin, be it one of pride, lust or weak will, is another trait that keeps a believer 'almost Christian'. Writing in the mid-17th century, Mead was part of the Puritan movement, working as an educator and lecturer on religious topics. He worked at multiple churches in England and in Holland, and was affiliated to the east London borough of Stepney for most of his life.
Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered Or The False Professor Tried and Cast Being the Substance of Seven Sermons written by Matthew Mead and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered Or the False Professor Tried and Cast written by Matthew Mead and published by General Books. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1825. Excerpt: ... by that means a man may take up his lodging there, and never find the way out again. What one saith of wisdom, (many might have been wise, had they not thought themselves so when they were otherwise) the same I may say of grace; many a formal professor might have been a sincere believer, had he not mistook his profession for conversion, his duties for grace, and so rested in that for sincerity that is but hypocrisy. 3. *' It is a degree of blasphemy to pretend to grace, and yet have no grace." I gather this from that, Rev. ii. 9. " I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not." This place undergoes variety of constructions; Grotius and Parasus do not make their blasphemy to he in their saying they are Jews, and are not; but to lie in the reproaches that these Jews fastened upon Christ, calling him impostor, deceiver, one that hath a devil, &c. Brightman goes another way, and saith, this was the blasphemy of these Jews, they retained that way of worship that was abrogated, and thrust upon God those old rites and ceremonies which Jesus Christ had abolished, and nailed to his cross, (a), by which they overthrew the glory of Christ, and denied his coming. But I conceive the blasphemy of these (a) Col. ii. 14. Jews to lie in this, that they said they were Jews and were not. A Jew here is not to be taken literally and strictly only, for one of the lineage of Abraham, but it is to be taken metonymically for a true believer, one of the spiritual seed of Abraham: He is a Jew which is one inwardly; so that for a man to gay he is a Jew when he is not, to profess an ipterest in Christ when he hath none, to say he hath grace when he hath none, this Christ calls blasphemy. But why should Christ call this blasphemy ? This is hypocrisy; but how may it be said to be blasphemy ...
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Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered written by Matthew Mead and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Almost Christian Discovered: Or, The False Professor Tried And Cast: Being The Substance Of Seven Sermons ... Matthew Mead Printed for G.B. Huntley, and others, 1819
Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered written by Matthew Mead and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered written by Matthew Mead and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-17 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader, You have here one of the saddest considerations imaginable presented to you, and that is, "How far it is possible a man may go in a profession of religion--and yet, after all, fall short of salvation; how far he may run--and yet not so run as to obtain." This, I say, is sad--but not so sad as true; for our Lord Christ does plainly attest it, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in--and shall not be able!" My design herein is, that the formal, sleepy professor may be awakened, and the hidden hypocrite discovered; but my fear is, that weak believers may be hereby discouraged; for, as it is hard to show how low a child of God may fall into sin--and yet have true grace--but that the unconverted sinner will be apt thereupon to presume; so it is as hard to show how high a hypocrite may rise in a profession--and yet have no grace--but that the true believer will be apt thereupon to despond. The prevention whereof, I have carefully endeavored, by showing, that though a man may go thus far, and yet be but almost a Christian--yet a man may fall short of this, and be a true Christian notwithstanding. Judge not, therefore, your state by any one character you find laid down of a false professor; but read the whole, and then make a judgment; for I have cared, as not to "give children's bread to dogs," so not to use the dog's whip to scare the children! Yet I could wish that this book might fall into the hands of such only whom it chiefly concerns, who "have a name to live--and yet are dead;" being busy with the "form of godliness," but strangers to the "power of it." These are the proper subjects of this treatise. May the Lord follow it with his blessing wherever it comes, that it may be an awakening word to all such, and especially to that generation of profligate professors with which this age abounds; who, if they keep to their church, bow the knee, talk over a few prayers--think they do enough for heaven, and hereupon judge their condition safe, and their salvation sure--though there be a hell of sin in their hearts, "and the poison of asps is under their lips;" their minds being as yet carnal and unconverted, and their conversations filthy and unsanctified. If eternal life be of so easy attainment, and to be had at so cheap a rate--why did our Lord Christ tell us, "Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leads unto life--and few there are who find it?" And why should the apostle perplex us with such a needless injunction, "to give diligence to make our calling and election sure?" Certainly, therefore, it is no such easy thing to be saved--as many make it; and that you will see plainly in the following discourse. If you are either a stranger to a profession, or a hypocrite under a profession, then read and tremble, for you are the man here pointed at. But if the kingdom of God has come with power into your soul; if Christ is formed in you; if your heart be upright and sincere with God--then read and rejoice. May the mighty God, whose prerogative it is to teach to profit, whether by the tongue or the pen, by speaking or writing--bless this tract, that it may be to you as a cloud of rain to the dry ground, dropping fatness to your soul, that so your fleece being watered with the "dew of heaven," you may "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." In whom I am your Friend and Servant, Matthew Mead, London, October, 1661.
Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered written by Matthew Mead and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Almost Christian Discovered: Or the False Professor Tried and Cast It can scarce be needed, for most of the readers into whose hands this volume may come, to commend a writer so well known as the Nonconformist worthy, Matthew Mead, or to bespeak respectful and devout perusal for a book, so long and widely circulated, and so greatly useful, as has been his treatise, "The Almost Christian." He was of the times of Owen, Bunyan, and Baxter. How high a place the man and his writings occupied, in the esteem of the eminent author of the "Call to the Unconverted," and of the "Saints' Best," a single reference may sufficiently prove. In the great work of Richard Baxter, on the morals and casuistry of the gospel, his "Christian Directory," he furnishes lists of volumes suitable to form the library of a Christian. 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.
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Download or read book The Almost Christian Discovered Or the False Professor Tried and Cast written by Matthew Mead and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 1825 edition. Excerpt: ... commands, and all out of a desire of salvation: put these together, and there is an answer to that question. The call of conscience; the power of the Word; the affection of credit; and the desire of salvation: may carry a man so far as to be almost a Christian. III. The third question propounded is this: Whence is it that many are but almost Christians, when they have gone thus far? what is the cause of this? I might give many answers to this question; but I shall instance two only, which I judge the most material. First, It is for want of right and sound conviction; if a man be not thoroughly convinced of sin, and his heart truly broken, whatever his profession of godliness may be, yet he will be sure to miscarry; every work of conviction is not a thorough work; there are convictions that are only natural and rational, but not from the powerful work of the Spirit of God. Rational conviction, is that which proceeds from the working of a natural conscience, charging guilt from the light of nature, by the help of those common principles of reason that are in all men: this is the conviction you read of Rom. ii. 14, 15. It is said that the Gentiles who had not the law, yet had "their consciences bearing witness, and accusing, or excusing one another," though they had not the light of Scripture, yet had they conviction from the light of nature; now by the help of the gospel-light, these convictions may be much improved, and yet the heart not renewed. But there is a spiritual conviction, and this is that work of the Spirit of God upon the sinner's heart by the Word, whereby the guilt and filth of sin is fully discovered, and the woe and misery of a natural state, distinctly set home upon the conscience, to the dread and terror of the sinner, ...
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