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A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
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§. Sect. 3 Reasons moving us to embrace integrity and sincerity. 1. Because the Lord chiefly loveth and delighteth in it.
§. Sect. 3 Reasons mouing vs to imbrace integrity and sincerity. 1. Because the Lord chiefly loveth and delighteth in it.
Now because these two are never severed, neither in the subject, nor in our practice, I will not disjoin them in my discourse; but will show, first, the reasons which may move us to perform all our service unto God, and the duties of a godly life with integrity and sincerity; and then the means whereby we may attain unto it. For the former, we are to embrace this integrity and sincerity, truth and uprightness of heart in all duties of a godly life, because the Lord chiefly loveth and delighteth in them, preferring them much before all outward duties, seem they never so glorious. For he loveth truth in the inward parts, and esteemeth it far 1above all legal sacrifices, and therefore after all they are abrogated and abolished, retaineth it still in all duties of his service. And as David also 2speaketh in another place; He trieth the heart, and hath pleasure in uprightness. Neither doth he see as man seeth; for man looketh to the outward appearance; 3but the Lord looketh upon the heart. Whereof it is, that he chiefly requireth this integrity and sincerity in all his service; Thou shalt keep his Statutes and Judgements with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. So Joshua: ⟨p. 405⟩4Fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth. And Samuel; Fear the 5Lord, and serve him in truth, and with all your heart. And this God requireth of Abraham, Walk before me, and be upright: And David of his son