Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

and we must never hope for acceptance if we offer the blind and the lame to God, Luke 12.47. That Servant which knew his Lords will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes: As therefore all our practice must be guided by knowledge, so must all our knowledge be referred to practice. Fourthly, and lastly, We ought to pray that we may be filled with the knowledge of God's will; that this knowledge being rooted and grounded in our Souls, it may render that obedience easy and delightful, which is so necessary to its acceptation: when Satan had entered Judas his heart, he would not stick at any of the Devils commands; and when he had filled the heart of Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5.3. how ready were they to lie unto God? If our hearts were more filled with the knowledge of Gods will, that this Divine Law were written there, duty would be our delight, obedience our meat and drink; nor would there be room left for those corruptions which hang upon us like dead weight, always encumbering us in our obedience.

and we must never hope for acceptance if we offer the blind and the lame to God, Luke 12.47. That Servant which knew his Lords will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes: As therefore all our practice must be guided by knowledge, so must all our knowledge be referred to practice. Fourthly, and lastly, We ought to pray that we may be filled with the knowledge of God's will; that this knowledge being rooted and grounded in our Souls, it may render that obedience easie and delightful, which is so necessary to its acceptation: when Satan had entred Judas his heart, he would not stick at any of the Devils commands; and when he had filled the heart of Ananias and Saphira, Acts 5.3. how ready were they to lie unto God? If our hearts were more filled with the knowledge of Gods will, that this Divine Law were written there, duty would be our delight, obedience our meat and drink; nor would there be room left for those corruptions which hang upon us like dead weight, always incumbring us in our obedience.