The Godly Man's Picture

5 True zeal causeth fervency in duty, Rom. 12. 11. fervent in ^†spirit: Zeal makes us hear with reverence, pray with affection, love with ardency. God kindled Moses his sacrifice from heaven, Lev. 9. 24. There came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the Altar the burnt offering: when we are zealous in devotion, and our heart waxeth hot within us, here is a fire from heaven kindling our sacrifice: how odious is it for a man to be all fire when he is sinning, and all y•e when he is praying: A pious heart, like water seething hot, boils over in holy affections.

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6. True zeal is never out of breath; though it be violent, 'tis perpetual; no waters can quench the flame of zeal, it is torrid in the frigid zone: The heat of zeal is like the natural heat coming from the heart, which lasts as long as life: That zeal which is not constant, was never true.

Use 1.¹ How opposite are they to godliness who cry down zeal,² and count it a Religious frenzy? They are for the light of knowledge, but not for the heat of zeal. When Basil was earnest in preaching against the Arian Heresy, it was interpreted folly and dotage. Religion is a matter requires zeal; the Kingdom of heaven will not be taken but by violence,