SERMON XI.
a sacred nearness to god recommended.
"Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you."
Gen. Epis. James iv., 8.
In discoursing from the words of the text, we shall be led to consider,
First,—The distant relation that fallen man sustains to his Maker.
Second,—The duty enjoined upon man to draw nigh to God.
Thirdly,—The encouragement to the performance of this duty.—He will draw nigh to you.
1. The distant relation that fallen man sustains to his Maker. The great God in his essential presence, is not far from any one of us. "He is about our bed, and
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