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Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…
Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace and solid joy of a good conscience sprinkled with the blood of Jesus and exercised always to be void of offence toward God and toward men : brought down and holden forth in XXII very searching sermons on several texts of Scripture ... / by James Durham.
Edinburgh: printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1685
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HEAVEN upon EARTH in a Serene and Smiling good Conscience. › Sermons on acts n24.16 › Sermon 5
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In the 4th place according to the method proposed, take a word or two of use. And 1. May not this instruct us that all Flesh is Grass, that when we look to our selves we should be humble; and that there is need, great need of fear and trembling in our Christian walk? whoever they be that dare to abuse this Doctrine anent the Saints infirmities, mistakes and errors, to foster themselves the more securely in their liberty of sinning, God shall (if continued in) one day make it turn to the aggravation of their guilt and to the heightening of their judgment; and however, for the time they heighten their sin exceedingly in proposing the Saints faults to follow them, and not their grace and virtues: whereas this is the genuine and kindly use that all should make of them, to be watchful, to walk in •ear, a•d to take heed lest we also fall, considering that if it hath been done •o in the green tree, what may we fear who in comparison are but dry trees, if the Lord shall leave us (as justly he may) to follow our own councils? it would become us to wonder that we go not wrong and further wrong, and to look well that we be not vain of our own standing.
In the 4th place according to the method proposed, take a word or two of use. And 1. May not this instruct us that all Flesh is Grass, that when we look to our selves we should be humble; and that there is need, great need of fear and trembling in our Christian walk? whoever they be that dare to abuse this Doctrine anent the Saints infirmities, mistakes and errors, to foster themselves the more securely in their liberty of sinning, God shall (if continued in) one day make it turn to the aggravation of their guilt and to the heightning of their judgment; and however, for the time they heighten their sin exceedingly in proposing the Saints faults to follow them, and not their grace and vertues: whereas this is the genuine and kindly use that all should make of them, to be watchful, to walk in •ear, a•d to take heed lest we also fall, considering that if it hath been done •o in the green tree, what may we fear who in comparison are but dry trees, if the Lord shall leave us (as justly he may) to follow our own councils? it would become us to wonder that we go not wrong and further wrong, and to look well that we be not vain of our own standing.