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WHAT IS IT?
BY EDWARD BURBIDGE, M.A.
RECTOR OF BACKWELL, SOMERSET.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE.
LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE;
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS;
4, ROYAL EXCHANGE; AND 48, PICCADILLY.
PREFACE.
There is nothing new in the following pages; except it be that they
call popular attention to facts which have been commonly recognised
only by scholars. But I am aware that their contents will appear novel to many; and to
remove this idea some extracts are here given from the Commentaries in
general use. 1. Bishop Wordsworth on S. Matt. xiii. 3; "This chapter may be
described as containing a Divine Treatise on the Church Militant here
on earth." 2. Dean Alford on S. Matt. xiii. 52; "The seven Parables compose in
their inner depth of connexion, a great united whole, beginning with
the first sowing of the Church, and ending with the consummation." 3. The Speaker's Commentary on S. Matt. iii. 2; "It the Kingdom of
Heaven signifies the promised Kingdom of the Messiah. Hence the
expectation of the Messiah is spoken of as a waiting for the Kingdom
of God . Our Lord, adopts the expression and frequently employs it to
denote His Spiritual Kingdom the Church." 4. Bishop Walsham How (S. P. C. K. Commentary) on S. Matt. iii. 2;
"It the Kingdom of Heaven is generally used to signify the Kingdom
of Christ on earth, the Kingdom of the Gospel, the Church of Christ." I desire also to remove by anticipation a fear that some may feel,
lest, in regarding the Gospel as being the good news of the Kingdom of
Heaven, the great doctrine of the Atonement should be forgotten. Such
an idea is refuted by the words of Holy Scripture. For not only is the
Preaching of our Blessed Lord, before He suffered, thus described see
S. Mark i. 14 but also the teaching of S. Paul, in later years, who
gloried in knowing only "Jesus Christ and Him crucified" see Acts xx.
25. My object has been to provide an answer to two questions. 1. What did our Blessed Lord teach about His Church in His discourses? 2. What is meant by the words of the Creed, "The Holy Catholic Church;
the Communion of Saints?" May these pages help men to gain an intelligent knowledge of that
Kingdom, into which our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has called us.
May they lead many to desire the fulfilment of His last prayer for us
before His Passion, "That they all may be one." And may every word in
this little book, which is not in accordance with God's will, be
pardoned, and overruled to His Glory. BACKWELL, August 1879 .
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE I. THE KING'S HERALD 7 II. THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 18 III. THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM 32 IV. THE SUBJECTS OF THE KINGDOM 50 V. THINGS PERTAINING TO THE KINGDOM 66 VI. THE KING ON HIS THRONE 76 VII. THE PARABLES EXEMPLIFIED IN THE EARLY HISTORY
OF THE CHURCH 88 VIII. THE ESSENTIAL UNITY OF THE KINGDOM 99 IX. THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH 121 X. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS 145 XI. CONCLUSION 160
" Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall
believe on ME through their word; that they all may be one; as THOU
FATHER art in ME, and I in THEE, that they also may be one in US; that
the world may believe that Thou hast sent ME. " S. John xvii. 20, 21. " When THOU hadst overcome the sharpness of death: THOU didst open the
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN to all believers. " Te Deum... Continue reading book >>
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