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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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3ly. A man would especially try and examine himself ⟨p. 257⟩in reference to such sins as he hath been formerly given to, and against which he hath particularly engaged himself; and as the more solemn the•ty and engagement hath been, he should watch the more against them, so also examine the more, if he hath been entangled i• them; so say the people of God, Ps. 44▪ 17▪ All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten thee, neither […] we dealt falsely in thy Covenant; there were many particular sailings in their way, which doubtless they reflected on; but especially they try, how they had carried in their engagements to God; because they knew that any more gross falling in these would have much influence on Gods dishonour, and on the wounding •f their own peace: Whatever we reflect on in our way, we would not neglect, nor omit our engagements to God, but would narrowly look back and examine, how these have been observed.
3ly. A man would especially try and examine himself ⟨p. 257⟩in reference to such sins as he hath been formerly given to, and against which he hath particularly engaged himself; and as the more solemn the•ty and engagement hath been, he should watch the more against them, so also examine the more, if he hath been in•angled i• them; so say the people of God, Ps. 44▪ 17▪ All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten thee, neither 〈…〉 we dealt falsly in thy Covenant; there were many particular sailings in their way, which doubtless they reflected on; but especially they try, how they had carryed in their engagements to God; because they knew that any more gross falling in these would have much influence on Gods dishonour, and on the wounding f their own peace: Whatever we reflect on in our way, we would not neglect, nor omit our engagements to God, but would narrowly look back and examine, how these have been observed.