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Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /
Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume / by several ministers in and about London, preached in October, 1689.
London: printed by James Astwood for John Dunton, 1690
Sermon 5: Quest. How is Gospel-Grace the best Motive to Holiness? SERMON V.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Who is it that considers the Love of God in Jesus Christ, and can forbear crying out with the Psalmist, Truly Lord, I am thy servant, I am thy servant? 1(Away with all formal Pops:) It is ingeminated, because of our Obligation to God's service, from our Redemption, as well ⟨image 58⟩as from our Creation: And if thou dost say so, as thou doest in effect in every Prayer, let not God find thee with a Lye in thy mouth.
13. Love unto God for all his glorious Excellencies, especially for his Mercy in Christ Jesus, is the best Principle of Holiness, and our departing from Iniquity.
- 1God's and Christ's Love constrains us.
1God requires his Children to give him their Heart: And indeed, in all the Acts of Religion and Devotion, what the Heart does not do, is looked upon by God as not done at all: Nay, it were well for the Hypocrite, that all his outside Services and formal Professions had never been.2 This made St. Paul to pray for the Thessalonians, That the Lord would direct their Hearts into the Love of God.