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Divers practical cases of conscience satisfactorily resolved ... to which are added some counsels…
Divers practical cases of conscience satisfactorily resolved ... to which are added some counsels & cordials / by Joseph Alleine ...
London: printed for Nevill Simmons, 1672
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.
Secondly, As to your performances, more briefly ⟨p. 28⟩that those may please God, you must heedfully look to these five things.
1. That they be done by the right Rule; which is Gods Word; You must not follow the imaginations of your own hearts, Numb. 15. 39. you must not do that which is right in your own eyes: In all sacred actions you must have Gods command to warrant you: you may not offer to God of that, of which you are not able to say, Thou requirest these things at our hands, Isa. 1. 12. In all civil actions you must have Gods allowance: Be sure he will never accept that which his Word condemns; under pains of Gods displeasure, dare not to set your hands to what the Word forbids.
2. That they be done to the right end, which is Gods glory: How damnably did the Pharisees err! How miserably did Jehu miscarry! and both in acts for the matter commanded, for want of aiming at this end.
2. That they be done to the right end, which is Gods glory: How damnably did the Pharisees erre! How miserably did Iehu miscarry! and both in acts for the matter commanded, for want of aiming at this end.