A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

I Come to the third Branch used by the Apostle, wherein the Duty of Man is expressed, and that is Godliness. Here we have a perfect Distribution of the Duty of the Creature. The Duties of our personal Capacity are expressed by Sobriety: the Duties of our public Relation and Commerce with others, are expressed in the word Righteously: and then all those Intercourses that are to pass between God and us, and the whole Tendency of the Soul towards God, is expressed by the word Godly. The Scripture speaks of Godliness, and of the Exercise of Godliness; 1 Tim. 4.7. Exercise thy self unto Godliness. Therefore I shall inquire, I. What Godliness is. II. How it must be exercised, or what it is to live godly, the Phrase used here.

I Come to the third Branch used by the Apostle, wherein the Duty of Man is express'd, and that is Godliness. Here we have a perfect Distribution of the Duty of the Creature. The Duties of our personal Capacity are express'd by Sobriety: the Duties of our publick Relation and Commerce with others, are express'd in the word Righteously: and then all those Intercourses that are to pass between God and us, and the whole Tendency of the Soul towards God, is express'd by the word Godly. The Scripture speaks of Godliness, and of the Exercise of Godliness; 1 Tim. 4.7. Exercise thy self unto Godliness. Therefore I shall inquire, I. What Godliness is. II. How it must be exercised, or what it is to live godly, the Phrase used here.

I. What Godliness is. It is a thing not only distinct from Righteousness and Honesty, but also from Holiness: It is the opposite part of the distinction to Honesty; 1 Tim. 6.11. Follow after Righteousness, Godliness, Faith, &c. By Righteousness he meaneth the Duties of the second Table; and by Godliness the Duties of the first. More expressly, 1 Tim. 2.2