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Devotional readings : being select passages from the sermons of Henry Edward Manning

CONTENTS. I.— THE MYSTERY OF MAN'S BEING 1 II.— OUR STATE BY NATURE: THE MYSTERY OF SIN 9 CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL 12 INCREASE AND POWER OF SIN 17 THE GUILT OF SIN 25 III. — THE REMEDY FOR SIN: THE INCARNATION 30 THE MAN CHRIST 41 THE INCARNATION THE RESTORATION OF HUMANITY 45 THE DEATH OF CHRIST: THE ATONEMENT 50 IV.— THAT REMEDY MADE OURS: OUR UNION WITH CHRIST BY BAPTISM 57 OUR NEW LIFE AND CALLING IN THE CHURCH 70 FAITH THE PRINCIPLE OF CHRISTIAN LIFE 77 V. OUR DIFFICULTIES AND FOES SALVATION A DIFFICULT WORK: MAN'S UNWILLINGNESS 82 VI.— OUTWARD TEMPTATIONS: THE DEVIL 87 THE WORLD 92 THE FLESH 100 WHAT CONSTITUTES SIN 104 OUR REFUGE IN TEMPTATION 106 VI.— DANGERS WITHIN: SELF-CONFIDENCE 110 SPIRITUAL PRIDE 113 PRESUMPTION 117 DESPONDENCY 119 DECLENSION 124 SELF-EXCUSE 128 HIDDEN SINS 130 OLD FAULTS AND NEW 136 SELF-SEEKING 139 DELAY 144 HALTINGS 150 INSTABILITY 158 SCRUPLES 160 IMPERFECT FAITH 165 HARDNESS OF HEART 168 VIII.— THE WAY BACK TO LIFE: (a) GOD'S AWAKENINGS 170 REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION 176 (b) OUR CORRESPONDENCE TO GRACE IN OUR SELF-ACCUSATION 188 SORROW FOR SIN 188 CONFESSION OF SIN 191 PRAYER 194 SELF-DENIAL 198 FASTING 201 RECOLLECTION 205 THE LAW OF OUR LIFE 205

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