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1 | The Great Difference | Zech 10:2 | DocTrinsograce | 130838 | ||
"Every religion except one puts upon you doing something in order to recommend yourself to God. It is only the religion of Christ (which runs counter to all the rest by affirming that we are saved and called with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to the Father's own purpose and grace) which was not sold out to us on certain conditions to be fulfilled by ourselves, but was given us in Christ before the world began. It was long ago remarked by a good man that "It is the business of all false religion to patch up a righteousness in which the sinner is to stand before God. But it is the business of the glorious gospel to bring near to us, by the hand of the Holy Spirit, a righteousness ready wrought, a robe of perfection ready made, wherein God's people, to all the purposes of justification and happiness, stand perfect and without fault before the throne." –Augustus Toplady | ||||||
2 | The Great Difference | Zech 10:2 | Country Girl | 130987 | ||
Great words. So true, we ourselves don't have a prayer of measuring up on Judgment Day without God's Grace to help us, here and now, every day, every hour of our lives. Just one question. I love to find out about names. Did the author pronounce his last name with the "p" in the first or second syllable? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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3 | The Great Difference | Zech 10:2 | DocTrinsograce | 131030 | ||
Autustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778) was a brilliant theologian who is now most famous for his composition of the hymn "Rock of Ages." He was ardently and stridently opposed to heretical teachings that were commonly taught, and becoming more widespread. His debates with John Wesley are particularly interesting. The name Toplady is pronounced just like it is written. Although Toplady did not live long upon the earth, God graciously granted this man a great insight into His word. Below I've included one of a number of poems that have survived. This poem was written when Toplady was only 16 years of age. John 14:17 He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. SAVIOUR, I thy word believe, My unbelief remove; Now thy quick'ning Spirit give, The unction from above; Shew me, Lord, how good thou art, My soul with all thy fulness fill: Send the witness in my heart The Holy Ghost reveal. Dead in sin 'till then I lie, Bereft of power to rise; Till thy Spirit inwardly Thy saving blood applies: Now the mighty gift impart, My sin erase, my pardon seal: Send the witness, in my heart The Holy Ghost reveal. Blessed Comforter, come down, And live and move in me; Make my every deed thy own, In all things led by thee: Bid my every lust depart, And with me O vouchsafe to dwell; Faithful witness, in my heart Thy perfect light reveal. Let me in thy love rejoice, Thy shrine, thy pure abode; Tell me, by thine inward voice, That I'm a child of God: Lord, I choose the better part, Jesus, I wait thy peace to feel; Send the witness in my heart The Holy Ghost reveal. Whom the world cannot receive, O manifest in me: Son of God, I cease to live, Unless I live in thee Now impute thy whole desert, Restore the joy from which I fell: Breathe the witness, in my heart The Holy Ghost reveal. |
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4 | The Great Difference | Zech 10:2 | Country Girl | 131099 | ||
So I assume his name is pronounced Top-lady. I noticed he only lived 38 years, as you mentioned. Do you know why life was cut short? Sorry for all these questions. I'm kinda busy with school homework (two courses) and a full-time job. I appreciate your patience and responses. You surely are a wealth of knowledge. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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5 | The Great Difference | Zech 10:2 | DocTrinsograce | 131130 | ||
Augustus Toplady died 14 August 1778 in London, England, after an illness that first manifested itself in three years earlier. The divine's cause of death was recorded as Consumption. He was buried in Tottenham Court Chapel. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! Let the Water and the Blood, From thy riven Side which flow'd, Be of Sin the double Cure, Cleanse me from its Guilt and Pow'r. Not the Labours of my Hands Can fulfil thy Law's demands: Could my Zeal no respite know, Could my Tears for ever flow, All for Sin could not atone: Thou must save, and Thou alone! Nothing in my Hand I bring; Simply to thy Cross I cling; Naked, come to Thee for Dress; Helpless, look to Thee for Grace; Foul, I to the Fountain fly: Wash me, Saviour, or I die! Whilst I draw this fleeting Breath-- When my Eye-strings break in Death-- When I soar through tracts unknown-- See Thee on thy Judgment-Throne-- Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! |
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6 | The Great Difference | Zech 10:2 | Country Girl | 131153 | ||
Thanks for the information. Blessings to you. Country Girl | ||||||