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A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved
A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.
London: printed by J.A. for John Dunton, 1683
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Sermon 2: Quest. How may we Experience in our selves, and Evidence to others that serious Godline…
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2. Whereon it is grounded.
1. When their Faith is not rightly grounded it is no better than a Fancy. When it is built on the Authority of a Church, or the Traditions of men and not on the Word of God; or on the Word misunderstood, or misapplied, or divided, or maimed; when they believe Promises without respect to Commands, believe Christ is their Saviour, and yet never receive him to be their Lord; believe they shall See God, though they be not pure in Heart, follow not after Holiness, and such indeed is the Faith and Hope of Profane Worldlings, and whoever live in Contradiction to Gods Commands, and yet expect the benefit of his Promises.
1. When their Faith is not rightly grounded it is no better than a Fancy. When it is built on the Authority of a Church, or the Traditions of men and not on the Word of God; or on the Word misunderstood, or misapplied, or divided, or maimed; when they believe Promises without respect to Commands, believe Christ is their Saviour, and yet never receive him to be their Lord; believe they shall See God, though they be not pure in Heart, follow not after Holiness, and such indeed is the Faith and Hope of Prophane Worldlings, and whoever live in Contradiction to Gods Commands, and yet expect the benefit of his Promises.
2. When their Practice is not rightly grounded, it is no better than Folly, how fair soever and plausible it may seem. When men set up a Religion merely of mans devising, contrive new ways of Worshipping God, which he himself never appointed, and so indeed impose upon him, and prescribe to him what they think must certainly please him. This is unreasonable, for men to think that their Inventions or others Traditions can be more acceptable to God than his own Institutions, that Sacrifice can go further than Obedience would have done. They would themselves be served according to their own minds and not their Servants pleasure, and why should not God? They would not have