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James Slade
Plain Parochial Sermons, preached in the Parish Church of Bolton-le-Moors
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338077974
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SERMON I.
AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPEST.
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Ephesians v. 14.
Wherefore, he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
In this chapter the Apostle has been reminding his Ephesian converts of the state in which they were, before they had received and obeyed the call of the gospel. The people of Ephesus were highly endowed, in the world’s estimation, not only with riches, but also with talent and learning, and refinement; with all the arts and ornaments of civilized life. And yet, how does St. Paul describe them in the 8th verse? “Ye were sometimes darkness;” how in the 12th? “For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”