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Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /
Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons / by the late Reverend Tho. Manton ...
London printed : s.n., 1685
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.
3. Worship and serve God so, as it may look like Worship and service performed to God, and due to God only, because of his Nature and Attributes. His Nature, John 4. 24. God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. When Hearts wander, and Affections do not answer Expressions, is this like worship and service done to an All seeing Spirit. His Attributes; Greatness, Goodness, Holiness.
3. Worship and serve God so, as it may look like Worship and service performed to God, and due to God onely, because of his Nature and Attributes. His Nature, Iohn 4. 24. God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. When Hearts wander, and Affections do not answer Expressions, is this like worship and service done to an All seeing Spirit. His Attributes; Greatness, Goodness, Holiness.
(1.) His Greatness and glorious Majesty, Heb. 12. 28. Let us serve him acceptably, with Reverence and godly Fear. Then is there a stamp of Gods Majesty on the duty.
(2.) His Goodness and Fatherly Love, Psal. 100. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with singing.