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Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
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4 Evil and vain thoughts without true and unfeigned repentance, will sink our souls to Hell; such of you therefore as make no conscience of your thoughts, but delight your selves in vain and wicked thoughts, in lustful and unclean thoughts, and that impenitently, how can you escape the vengeance of hell?
I deny not but the best men, through the remainder of corruption in them, are subject to vain and wicked thoughts; but these are their grief and their burden against which they strive, and for which they earnestly beg pardon, and therefore shall not be said to their condemnation.
I deny not but the best men, through the remainder of corruption in them, are subject to vain and wicked thoughts; but these are their grief and their burden against which they strive, and for which they earnestly begge pardon, and therefore shall not bee said to their condemnation.
The helps and directions are these.
1 Consider, That the Lord doth as strictly observe all inward sinful thoughts, as he doth the outward acts of sin; He is Omniscient, and knoweth all things, yea he is the trier and searcher of our hearts, and so is privy to every vain and wicked,