By William Huntington
The Loss and Restoration of the Image of God in Man; — Two Sermons
Contemplations on the God of Israel.— Serie of Letters.
Volume 19
William Huntington.
About: The Loss and Restoration of the Image of God in Man:
Two Sermons,
Preached At Providence Chapel, On Sunday, December 28, 1800.
And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly. – I Cor. 15: 49.
SERMON 1.
“But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
worked,..” John, 5: 17
In handling these words, I shall endeavour to prove,
I. That the grand w ork, determined on in the secret council of the Holy Trinity from everlasting, was to bring a certain and determinate number of the human race, in the likeness of the Son of God, to heaven and endless glory by him.
II. That the image of God in Adam was the noblest and the grandest work that appeared in the whole creation when the world was made.
III. That the principal thing, or the most invaluable blessing, in the whole image of God in Adam, was LIFE.
IV. That there was something of this blissful and paradisaical state shadowed out to Israel in the land or promise.
V. That the incarnation of Christ, his sufferings and death, the proclamation of the gospel, and the mission of the Holy Ghost, are to restore the lost image of God (the Saviour) to God’s elect among the sons of men.
VI. And last, That the grand appearance the saints will make mn heaven, and their eternal felicity there, will be the truth and the substance of what was typified and shadowed out to Adam in Paradise.
SERMON II.
“But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
work,” John, 5: 17.
About: Contemplations on the God of Israel.— A Serie of Letters to friends.
19 Letters from William Huntington to the Rev. J. Jenkins, at the New Vicarage, Lewis, Sussex.
1 Letter is addressed to Mr. Britton.