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A FORM of GODLINESS NO GODLINESS Without the POWER.

A FORM of GODLINESS NO GODLINESS VVithout the POWER.

2 Tim. 3. 5. Having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof; from such turn away.

You know the point that we delivered to you in the morning out of these words; That

YOu know the point that we delivered to you in the morning out of these words; That

It is Godliness that is required of every man, that is only acceptable to the Lord. We gave you the reasons of it, and made some Use of it. And before we come to the other point, or to some further Use that we should make of this, we will add a word or two to that which we pressed ⟨p. 250⟩in the morning, that we should not content our selves with any thing but godliness. For we are apt to be deceived in this case, to mistake, and to think that our common care of serving God, and that moral virtues and civility are godliness. But it is enough for you to know that the Lord accepts nothing but that which is more then nature, that which himself hath wrought in us by his holy Spirit. Aristotle himself, though a Heathen man, was able to say, that natural virtues are very like the true, they come so near it, that there is nothing more like. As