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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
You must do it in your hearts, otherwise the Lord regards it not. It is true, men give him generally an outward worship only, but doth he look to that? doth he regard your presenting your selves before him in the congregation? It is good that it should be so; but is it ⟨p. 237⟩that which he chiefly regards? No; it is the inward reverence of the heart that he looks unto.
You must do it in your hearts, otherwise the Lord regards it not. It is true, men give him generally an outward worship onely, but doth he look to that? doth he regard your presenting your selves before him in the congregation? It is good that it should be so; but is it ⟨p. 237⟩that which he chiefly regards? No; it is the inward reverence of the heart that he looks unto.
And again, you must Exalt him as God in your hearts. 1You will say, What is that? It consists in these Two things.
- 1To exalt God what.
First, He that will do that, must be utterly emptied of himself; that is, he must see no beauty, nor excellency, nor goodness in himself, he must make nothing of himself, think of himself as a man not worth the looking after. And not so only, but he must see also an emptiness of all power and ability to help himself. And this doth not bring the creature upon his knees only, but it lays him flat upon the ground with his face in the dust, and viles him in his own eyes.