{"product_id":"2940014789264","title":"LIFE AND TIMES OF NATHAN BANGS","description":"LIFE AND TIMES OF NATHAN BANGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1800, At Age 21, Shortly After His Conversion\u003cbr\u003eA mind so profoundly imbibed with religious earnestness as that of young Bangs, could not fail to seize on a truth like this. \"From reading the holy Scriptures,\" he writes, \"Mr. Wesley's Plain Account of Christian Perfection, and Mr. Fletcher's writings on the subject, I clearly saw the necessity of a deeper piety than I had yet attained; of being sanctified throughout, soul, body, and spirit. As I went on in observance of Gods commands, divine light shone more brightly upon my understanding, disclosing to me the remaining impurities of my nature. This gave me a more and more acute sense of my native depravity than I had ever had, so much so, that doubts were sometimes excited in my inexperienced mind whether I had indeed been justified. And yet on mature reflection I could not question the reality of the change which the Spirit of God had wrought in my heart, for I felt no condemnation for past sins, and I was often blessed with great peace and joy in the holy Ghost. My experience verified St. Paul's description of the justified man: Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. My conscience also was extremely tender, so that I could not neglect any known duty, as fasting, secret prayer, social or public worship in class-meetings or the congregation or exhorting others to flee the wrath to come, in doing which I enjoyed much inward comfort, and rejoiced in hope of the glory of God. But notwithstanding all this, I felt such an exquisite sense of normal defect that I was led, like Job, to abhor myself as in dust and ashes. There was, however, a great difference between my present distress and my former sense of condemnation. Formerly I was condemned as a guilty sinner, and hardly dared to look up to God for mercy; now I felt reconciled to him, could pray in faith, and enjoyed peace, while a sweet compunction weighed me down at the footstool of divine mercy. I hated sin with a perfect hatred, and consequently felt an utter aversion to all its pleasures. Such confidence had I in the Christian purity and influence of Mr. Warner, who professed the blessing of sanctification, and, I doubt not, enjoyed it, that I loved his very presence, and in prayer-meetings I wished to kneel close by his side.","brand":"NBangs Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180178784496,"sku":"2940014789264","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014789264_p0.jpg?v=1763615899","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014789264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}