Thomas Bilney: ‘O most sweet and comfortable sentence to my soul’. Bilney felt what he described as ‘a marvellous comfort and quietness, insomuch as my bruised bones leaped for joy.’ About 1524 he conveyed its message to Hugh Latimer.
Hosea split into two different yet complementary sections
Claim that the Old Testament had come true in Jesus Christ. (Luke 4:18-21, Psalms, Ephesians). There are 300 prophecies from theh Old Testament pointing to Christ.
Salvation is by free grace, a gift – Eph.2:8-9. But there is still a judgment by works – Matt.16:27. Calvin says that these verses from 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 apply to ‘ministers alone’, but there are wider principles too.
Isaac Watts:
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.
The cross seems foolish and weak, but it is God’s means to save; it is true wisdom and …
