The good Samaritan : a sermon, delivered in the Presbyterian Church, in Cedar-Street, New-York, on Sabbath evening, January 28, 1810 ; for the benefit of the New-York Dispensary / by John B. Romeyn, D.D.

  • Romeyn, John B. (John Brodhead), 1777-1825.
Date:
1810
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Credit: The good Samaritan : a sermon, delivered in the Presbyterian Church, in Cedar-Street, New-York, on Sabbath evening, January 28, 1810 ; for the benefit of the New-York Dispensary / by John B. Romeyn, D.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tup: GOOD SAMARITAN, $c. LUKE X. 37. Then said Jesus unto him, Go and do thou liken X HE model here exhibited for imitation is a good Samaritan. Our Lord, in a parable, repre- sents him as showing mercy to an unfortunate Jew. regardless of the political and religious differences which existed between the two nations*. To go and do likewise, is therefore simply to fulfil the di- vine law, which says, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself]'. Though this precept be thus of the highest au- thority, it is hostile to the spirit of the world, which lieth in wickedness. Selfishness and pride stamp their character, who are strangers from the Cove- nants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world J; insensibility to human sufferings marks their conduct. Man, without the word of God, is a comparative stranger to the sweet influence of humanity. Prone to suspicion, he views his brother as a rival or an enemy. Indisposed to sa- crifice his personal interest or convenience, he has * Johniv. 9. t Matt. xxii. 39. f Eph. ii. 12.