{"id":5997,"date":"2021-03-28T10:08:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T10:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5997"},"modified":"2021-03-28T10:08:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T10:08:43","slug":"his-children-began-to-hiss-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5997","title":{"rendered":"His children began to hiss!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

His children began to hiss!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Excerpts from the letters of William Tiptaft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear brother,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I last wrote, I have preached in Abingdon Great<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church, on Christmas evening. I preached the truth, I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

trust, to a very crowded congregation, supposed to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(sitting and standing, who were able to get in) about<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5,000 people. I pleased the believers; but very much<\/p>\n\n\n\n

displeased the carnally-minded, who were never before<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so puzzled and confounded in all their lives! I spoke the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

truth faithfully, and so as all could hear; but I had no<\/p>\n\n\n\n

idea that the gospel would have given so much offence!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the truth that offends and disturbs Satan\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

kingdom! The neighboring clergymen, who are in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

darkness, say of me, \u201cAway with such a fellow from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the earth; it is not fit that he should live!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mind is not moved by the persecution. I believe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if God has a work for me to do, I shall do it, in spite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the devil and all his children!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nature is not changed, the gospel is not changed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and Christ is not changed. What reason is there why<\/p>\n\n\n\n

they should not hate the truth now, as much as in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

time of the apostles? I never saw any fruits of my<\/p>\n\n\n\n

labors until I roused and disturbed the \u2018roaring lion\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When, through the grace of God, I began to disturb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

his kingdom, I soon found that his children began<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to hiss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world and Satan hate believers. The Pharisees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hate me the most. I cut off all their rotten props,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and all their fleshly devotion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not coming near to the truth, it is not the \u2018mere letter\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the gospel, that will convert men; but the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make the Word of God your study. Pin your faith to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no man\u2019s views! I scarcely read any other book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beware of those who want to exalt man in any manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours very affectionately,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Tiptaft, Jan. 30th, 1830<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

His children began to hiss! (Excerpts from the letters of William Tiptaft) Dear brother, Since I last wrote, I have preached in Abingdon Great Church, on Christmas evening. I preached the truth, I trust, to a very crowded congregation, supposed to be (sitting and standing, who were able to get in) about 5,000 people. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,138,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-william-tiptaff","category-false-religion-2","category-gospel-offence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5998,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997\/revisions\/5998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}