{"product_id":"2940011936883","title":"The German Pulpit, Being a Selection of Sermons by the Most Eminent Modern Divines of Germany","description":"IT is a common, but certainly a very true observation, that the wishes     and hopes of men are often very inconsiderate, and of such a nature     that the Divine government, in its wisdom, cannot gratify them, and     that a very small portion of happiness would fall to our share, if God     were content with merely fulfilling our wishes. The fact is well known     and requires no proof. But it is not the less true, that the benefits     which Divine Providence really bestows on us, are seldom discerned in     their full dimensions, and valued according to their actual worth. True     as this two fold observation is, concerning the wishes which we     entertain in respect of our earthly affairs and prosperity, and a     multitude of Divine benefits, which we, on this account, are accustomed     to call the unknown benefits of God; it is true also, of such as have     reference to our higher and spiritual felicity, as those for which the     Divine government is not less watchful and active, than for our     temporal welfare. Amongst these spiritual blessings, for instance,     there is none of greater magnitude, and of more inestimable value, than     the Redemption which God has ordained through Jesus Christ. It was the     greatest of all the benefits which the Jewish nation once implored of     God, and it is the greatest which we Christians glory to have received     from God: and this with the most perfect right. But the Jewish nation     limited their desire almost entirely to a temporal deliverance;     comprehended not, in its full extent, the blessing which God would     impart to them through Jesus; and for the most part actually scorned it     when offered to them, because it was not agreeable to their wishes. We     Christians value the Redemption of Jesus higher; but I fear that even     we sometimes limit it too much, and are desirous of its being such as,     indeed, is scarcely possible. This appears to me, for example, to be     the case with all those who confine it simply or chiefly to a     deliverance from the penalties of sin, inasmuch as, according to the     Holy Scripture and to truth, it extends much farther, and is in     particular a deliverance from sin itself. I have, therefore, resolved     to address you to-day on the right estimation of the redemption of     Jesus. Our Gospel for the festival presents us with an unsought     occasion, in the wishes and hopes of the disciples of Jesus. God only     grant that we may form right notions, and thereby be led to a just     estimation of it!","brand":"New Century Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147345543408,"sku":"2940011936883","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011936883_p0.jpg?v=1763551348","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011936883","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}