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. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... We will begin with expressing the sentiments of that remarkable, thoughtful, and devout man, John Wesley. In a sermon bearing the title of The General Deliverance (No. 60, "Tract Series," published by the Wesleyan Conference, and sold at 66, Paternoster Row), and having for its text Rom. viii, 19-22, the author expresses his belief, as drawn from Holy Scripture, that what we call "the lower animals" were at their creation in a far higher condition than they are at present: that they were reduced to their present condition by the fall of man, and that for that reason they will have share in the future state of enjoyment, in which they will be raised to their original high position, or even to a still higher state than that in which they were created. In Section III, pp. 10-15, of this remarkable sermon, we read thus: -- "1. But will "the creature," will even the brute creation, always remain in this deplorable condition! God forbid that we should affirm this; yea, or even entertain such a thought! While "the whole creation groaneth together" (whether men attend or not) their groans are not dispersed in idle air, but B enter into the ears of Him that made them. While His creatures "travail together in pain," He knoweth all their pain, and is bringing them nearer and nearer to the birth, which shall be accomplished in its season. He seeth "the earnest expectation" wherewith the whole animated creation " waiteth for" that final "manifestation of the sons of God;" in which " they themselves also shall be delivered" (not by annihilation; annihilation is not deliverance) "from the" present "bondage of corruption, into" a measure of " the glorious liberty of the children of God." 2. Nothing can be more express: away with vulgar prejudices, and...