The works of George Swinnock, M.A

First,¹ Consider, Its a sure sign of Hypocrisy to be unrighteous and careless in civil dealings, how conscientious soever thou mayst seem to be in sacred duties. He that seems righteous towards men; and is irreligious towards God, is but an honest Heathen; and he that seems religious towards God, and unrighteous towards men, is but a dissembling Christian. To make Conscience of one duty, and not of another, is to make true conscience of neither. The soul that ever had Communion with God above, comes down like Moses out of the Mount, with both Tables in his hands, the second as well as the first, and the first as well as the second. One stone in a Mill, one oar in a Boat will do little good; there must be two, or no work can be done. A perfect man consisteth of two essential parts, a Soul and a body; though the soul• be the principal, and doth ⟨p. 8⟩specificate the compound, yet the body is so necessary, that without it none can be a complete man. A Christian that is (evangelically) perfect, is also made up of these two parts, Holiness and Righteousness; though holiness be the chief, as that which doth difference the Saint, yet righteousness is so requisite, that there can be no true Christian without it. The holy Apostle argueth the purity of his conscience, from the honesty of his conversation.² We trust that we have a good conscience, in all things, willing to live honestly. The goodness of the Fruit will commend the Tree.

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