A27107:884
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.
4. The duty to be performed in respect of our Neighbour, is Charity.
Charity is a hearty forgiving of others, who have offended us, and after reconciliation, an outward unfeigned testifying of the inward affections of our hearts by gestures, words, and deeds as oft as we meet, and occasion is offered. 1For first, without love to our Neighbour, no Sacrifice is acceptable unto God. Secondly,2 because one chief end wherefore the Lord's Supper was ordained, is to confirm Christians love one towards another. Thirdly, no man can assure himself that his own sins are forgiven of God,3 if his heart cannot yield to forgive the faults of men that have offended him. Thus far of the first sort of Duties which we are to perform before we come to the Lord's Table, called Preparation.
- 1Mat. 5. 23, 24.
- 2John 13. 14. 34, 35.
- 3Mat. 6. 12, 14, 15. and 18, 35.