Excerpt from On Contending for the Faith Once Delivered to the Saints: A Sermon Preached at the Ordination in Farnham Castle, on Sunday, July 10, 1842 St. Jude speaks of this faith as once delivered to the saints whether he means that it was delivered formerly, or once for all, may possibly be a question the latter interpretation seems to be the best, from the strength which it gives to the admonition in the text as condemnatory of the false teachers. But upon this point we need not dwell. The Apostles, we know, had received the faith in its fulness. They had received it from Him who alone could deliver it, the Holy Spirit of God. He had, by his own immediate teaching, instructed them in all things which were requisite for the great object of their mi nistry; and, under the same heavenly guidance, they have left the truth as they received it, for all generations: though dead, yet speaking; warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.