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

Use 1. Examination. Art thou godly? Hast thou been a diligent Hearer and Reader of the Word? a religious Observer of the Lord's Day? an earnest Worshipper of God? zealous for his Glory against those that profane his Name, corrupt his Doctrine, make void his Institutions? an Enemy to Idolatry and Superstition? a Lover of God's Ordinances? It is an evidence of Interest in Grace, to live godly. Only there is a Form of Godliness, (2 Tim. 3.5. Having a Form of Godliness, but denying the Power thereof) which is discovered by a pretence of Worship, and a neglect of Honesty; as the Pharisees made long Prayers, but devoured Widows Houses: or else by a disproportionate Zeal against Idolatry, but not against Heresy, or such Falsehoods as yield no Gain. It is not Zeal for God's Institutions, when you do not hate every false Way; 2 Tim. 2.16. But shun profane and vain Babblings, for they will increase to more Ungodliness. The Apostle speaketh of some that suppose Godliness is Gain, 1 Tim. 6.5. that make a Merchandise of their Zeal. Rom. 2.22. Thou that abhorrest Idols, dost thou commit Sacrilege? He speaketh to the Jews, that gloried in their Privileges; he had said before, Dost thou steal? dost thou commit Adultery? But here, Dost thou commit Sacrilege? That was their Glory, that they did not serve Idols, but they robbed the true God; they would not endure a false God, or an Idol to be set up, but in the mean time they defrauded the Temple of its Maintenance, and Things consecrated. But the closest Rebuke is, ver. 23. Thou that makest thy boast of the Law, through breaking the Law dishonourest thou God? They were much in Worship, but were not bettered by it, they were not changed in Heart. You do not feel the Power of it, if the Heart be not new fashioned, and put into a godly Frame.

Vse 1. Examination. Art thou godly? Hast thou been a diligent Hearer and Reader of the Word? a religious Observer of the Lord's Day? an earnest Worshipper of God? zealous for his Glory against those that prophane his Name, corrupt his Doctrine, make void his Institutions? an Enemy to Idolatry and Superstition? a Lover of God's Ordinances? It is an evidence of Interest in Grace, to live godly. Only there is a Form of Godliness, (