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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 hebrews n13.18 › Sermon 2
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The next thing to be cleared, is, the universality of this honesty; how it is, that a man in this honest walk, must be universal; A good Conscience must have this property, and he that would have it, must needs study to ⟨p. 293⟩live honestly in all things; In things of the first Table of the Law, and in things of the Second; in things that concern the Law, and in things that concern the Gospel; Though a man should […] never so much external holiness, if he neglect the exercise of Repentance, of Faith, of Mortification, and of other inward Gospel-duties, or Graces, he is very defective, and pursues not an honest walk, in the just extent and latitude of it: So then, a man that would live honestly, must study to be honest in all, not only in duties of Religious worship, but al•o in the duties of his calling, station, and relation, even in every thing; whereof we had occasion to speak more particularly and fully in the close of our last Sermon.
The next thing to be cleared, is, the universality of this honesty; how it is, that a man in this honest walk, must be universal; A good Conscience must have this property, and he that would have it, must needs study to ⟨p. 293⟩live honestly in all things; In things of the first Table of the Law, and in things of the Second; in things that concern the Law, and in things that concern the Gospel; Though a man should 〈…〉 never so much external holiness, if he neglect the exercise of Repentance, of Faith, of Mortification, and of other inward Gospel-duties, or Graces, he is very defective, and pursues not an honest walk, in the just ex•ent and latitude of it: So then, a man that would live honestly, must study to be honest in all, not only in duties of Religious worship, but al•o in the duties of his calling, station, and relation, even in every thing; whereof we had occasion to speak more particularly and fully in the close of our last Sermon.