A27107:146
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
First, When a Man doth so acknowledge and celebrate God's Majesty, as he […] revealed himself in his Word.
First, When a Man doth so acknowled and celebrate God's Majesty, as he 〈…〉 revealed himself in his Word.
Secondly, When from the true and li•• ⟨p. 35⟩sense of God's Attributes, there is bred in • Man's heart a love, awe, and confidence in God; for, saith God himself, If I be a Father, where is my honour? If I be a Lord, where is my fear? O taste and see, 1that the Lord is good, saith David. He that hath not by experience tasted his goodness, knoweth not how good he is.2 He (saith John) that saith he knoweth God, and keepeth not his Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not •n him. So far therefore as we imitate […] in his Goodness, Love, Justice, Mercy, Patience, and other Attributes, so far do we know him.
Secondly, When from the true and li•• ⟨p. 35⟩sense of God's Attributes, there is bred in • Man's heart a love, awe, and confidence in God; for, saith God himself, If I be a Father, where is my honour? If I be a Lord, where is my fear? O taste and see, 1that the Lord is good, saith David. He that hath not by experience tasted his goodness, knoweth not how good he is.