Rev. iii. 15, 16.-I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee Joux svi. 1.–Nevertheless I tell you the trath ; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go sot away, the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto LUKE xxiv. 30, 31.-And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave it to REV. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN, A.M. CHAPLAIN OF ST. STEPHEN'S, DUBLIN. JAMES ii. 26. -For as the body without the spirit is dead, so John xx. 30, 31.-And many other signs truly did Jesus in pre- sence of his disciples, which are not written in this Book : but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through * * Sermons 8th and 10th, should be read consecutively. THE IRISH PULPIT. SERMON I. REV. III. 15, 16. I WOULD THOU WERT COLD OR HOT. SO THEN BECAUSE THOU ART LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL SPUE THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH. This denunciation has been awfully fulfilled. Laodicea, once a flourishing city, and the mother-church of sixteen bishoprics, cannot now, says Bishop Newton, boast an anchorite's or hermit's cell, where God's name is invoked and praised. But lukewarmness was not peculiar to the Laodiceans. It belongs to every age; and the infection is at this moment among ourselves. Who then are the lukewarm ? They are not, we can at once reply, either the pious, on the one hand, or the openly wicked, on the other. They are often what are called good neighbours-obliging acquaintancesagreeable members of society. They dis B |
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