The Works of REV. Jesse Appleton (Volume 2); Embracing His Course of Theological Lectures, His Academic Addresses, & a Selection from His Sermons with a Memoir of His Life & Character - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836. Excerpt: ... SERMON XIII. TRUE SOURCES OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY. Isaiah, 33: 6.--Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is his treasure. This chapter begins with an elegant apostrophe to Sennacherib, king of Assyria, reproaching him as the ambitious and unprovoked disturber of the peace of nations. The prophet next makes a devout address to Jehovah, expressing confidence in the divine government, and hope of the delivery and security of his people, notwithstanding the menaces of an insolent and imperious adversary. The text is thought to be directed to Hezekiah, then the monarch of Judah, and is thus rendered by Bishop Lowth: Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times; the possession of continued salvation; the fear of Jehovah, this shall be thy treasure. The terms, wisdom and fear of God, as frequently used in Scripture, are synonymous. The fear of the Lord, thai is wisdom. But, as both occur in our text, it is rational to conclude, that by the latter, is signified an ability to accomplish desirable ends, by a judicious choice and arrangement of means. This ability, though often found in connexion with knowledge and piety, is not to be confounded with either. The fear of God directs men to aim at the purest and noblest ends. For the accomplishment of these, wisdom makes a selection from those various means, which knowledge has provided. Preached at the Annual Election, Mam. May, 1814. The doctrine inculcated by our text is, therefore, that the permanent prosperity of a nation is best secured by a union of knowledge, wisdom, and the fear of God. After having endeavored to illustrate this proposition, we shall consider, in what way these qualities can be most effectually promoted. To elucid...
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