The works of George Swinnock, M.A

[And Exercise thy self unto Godliness.] The Preface.

The life of Man is not seldom in the Word of God compared to a Walk;¹ The womb is the place whence he first (in the morning of his age) sets out, and his actions are the several steps, by which he is always hastening to his journeys end, the Grave, that common Inn of resort. The life of a Christian is called a walking in the light, a walking in the Law, ²because his motion is regular, and his whole race by rule. He must have a divine word for all his works, and a ⟨p. 2⟩precept from God for all his practices; Scripture is the Compass by which he steereth, and the square by which he buildeth; Hence he is said to walk with God, because he walketh according to his Commands, and his example; he doth not walk [Greek or Hebrew] as Man, 1 Cor. 3. 3. but [Greek or Hebrew] according to his measure, as God willeth, and as God walketh. Further, the holy life of a Saint is compared to an orderly walking in these two respects.

THe life of Man is not seldom in the Word of God compared to a Walk;¹ The womb is the place whence he first (in the morning of his age) sets out, and his actions are the several steps, by which he is alwayes hastening to his journeys end, the Grave, that common Inn of resort. The life of a Christian is called a walking in the light, a walking in the Law, ²because his motion is regular, and his whole race by rule. He must have a divine word for all his works, and a ⟨p. 2⟩