Introduction.
Dearest Saviour! I too must at once, without further delay, ask Thee with the disciples of Thy precursor St. John, “Art Thou He that art to come” on that day to judge the world, “or look we for another?” Go, was Our Lord’s answer to the disciples of St. John, and tell your master what you have seen and heard; from that he will see who I am. Go, he says to me too, and announce to My people what you have seen in the Apostles’ Creed: “from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.” Yes, I am He. And if so, why have I on a former occasion so terrified myself and others as well? etc. Continues as above.
THIRTY-SECOND SERMON.
ON THE JUDGE AS OUR REDEEMER.
Subject.
In the last judgment the sinner shall be accused and condemned: first, by the fidelity shown him by Christ his Saviour, which lie disregarded; secondly, by the love which he despised.—Preached on the second Sunday after Epiphany.
Text.
Nondum venit hora mea.—John ii. 4.
“My hour is not yet come.”
Introduction.
So that Christ our Saviour had appointed for Himself certain times and hours in which to do certain things. He had determined to show His divinity to the world, and to confirm it during His life on earth by many miracles; but this was not to be done until the proper time came; then He began to change water into wine, to heal the sick in a moment, to cleanse lepers, to free the possessed, to give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and to raise the dead to life. Whoever asked Him to perform such wonders before the time was answered in the words, “My hour is not yet come.” He had determined for the salvation of mankind to give Himself up to the rage of His enemies, to allow them to mock, scourge, crown
