A27107:148
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.
Thirdly, When with inward groans, and •he serious desires of our hearts, we long •o attain to the perfect and plenary knowledge of his Majesty in the life which is to come.
Thirdly, When with inward groans, and •he serious desires of our hearts, we long •o attain to the perfect and plenary know•edge of his Majesty in the life which is to come.
Lastly, This discovers how few there •re who do truly know God; for no Man knoweth God, but he that loveth him; and how can a Man choose but love him, being the sovereign good, if he know him; seeing the Nature of God is to enamour with •he Love of his Goodness? And whosoever •oveth any thing more than God▪ is not worthy of God: and such is every one, who •ettles the love and rest of his heart upon •ny thing besides God. If therefore thou ••ost believe that God is Almighty, why ••ost thou fear Devils and Enemies, and not confidently trust in God, and crave his help in all thy troubles and dangers? If •hou believest that God is Infinite, how ⟨p. 36⟩darest thou provoke him to Anger? If thou believest that God is simple, with what Heart canst thou dissemble, and play the Hypocrite? If thou believest that God is the sovereign Good, why is not thy heart more settled upon him than on all worldly good? If thou dost indeed believe that God is a just Judge, how darest thou live so securely in sin, without Repentance? If thou dost truly believe that God is most wise, why dost thou not refer the Events of Crosses and Disgraces unto him, […] knows how to turn all things to the best unto them that love him?