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A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…
A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture in two parts : part the first containing LXXIV sermons : part the second containing LXXVI sermons : with an alphabetical table to the whole / by ... Thomas Manton ...
London: printed by J. D., 1693
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.
4. Ungodliness is the Root of all irregular Courses. Gen. 20.11. I thought, surely the Fear of God is not in this Place, and they will slay me for my Wife's sake. Godliness is the Bulwark of Laws, and of all honest Discipline: there can be no Honesty without Piety. The first part of the Law provideth for Respects to God, as being the proper Foundation for Respects to our Neighbour. Without the knowledge of the true God the Heart cannot be clean; Prov. 19.2. Also that the Soul be without knowledge, is not good.
4. Ungodliness is the Root of all irregular Courses. Gen. 20.11. I thought, surely the Fear of God is not in this Place, and they will slay me for my Wife's sake. Godliness is the Bulwark of Laws, and of all honest Discipline: there can be no Honesty without Piety. The first part of the Law provideth for Respects to God, as being the proper Foundation for Respects to our Neighbour. Without the knowledg of the true God the Heart cannot be clean; Prov. 19.2. Also that the Soul be without knowledg, is not good.
The Means are these.
1. Purge the Heart from all Principles of Ungodliness: There are many gross Maxims, as that it is Folly to be precise; that they have a good Heart towards God; that it were better when there was less Knowledge; that it is an easy matter to repent, and have a good Heart towards God; that it is in vain to serve God; that Thoughts are free; let us carry it fair before Men, and all will be well; when Men have done their best, petty Sins are not to be stood upon. These are the implicit Thoughts and Maxims of ungodly Men, which are the ground of all sottish Practices: purge your Hearts from them.