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God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God…
God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for public prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach.God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for publick prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for William Marshal, 1696
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.
13. And lastly, To Acknowledge God, is to love him above all; and to seek unto him, in all we do, and to strive to promote his Glory; he that is our chief Good should be our last end, our ultimate end: in all we do, we should aim at the Glory of God, and to carry on (with all uprightness) his Interest (to the utmost Power that is in us) in the places and stations ⟨p. 12⟩where we are set by him. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, with all thy Soul, and with all thy Strength. So much as to the first thing proposed to be opened; namely, What it is to acknowledge God.
Secondly, I shall show you in what ways of ours more particularly we should acknowledge God; or wherein we should acknowledge him.
Secondly, I shall shew you in what ways of ours more particularly we should acknowledge God; or wherein we should acknowledge him.
1. In entering upon no Civil nor Religious Action, without1 consulting with God, in and by his Word; we should put this Question to our own Hearts, viz. Is the thing that I am a going to do good, is it warranted by the word of God, is it according to his Will, will it tend to his Glory, is it not only lawful, but is it also expedient, if the matter I am a going to do be not justified by the word of God, though my end may be good, yet the thing is evil; may I do it and not offend God, or will it not hurt my Brother, or cause him to stumble? Were such Questions put by all Men to their own Hearts, it would prevent many Evils in Men's Civil Actions. Also, when Men enter upon any Religious Duty, they should consult the word of God, see whether the thing be warranted, hath God commanded me to do this thing, have I Precept, or Precedent to justify me in doing of it?