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Useful instructions for a professing people in times of great security and degeneracy
Useful instructions for a professing people in times of great security and degeneracy: delivered in several sermons on solemn occasions: / by Mr. Samuel Willard Pastor of the Church of Christ at Groton. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green, 1673
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.
2. Make the Word of God your Rule […], make that your Light and Lamp to lead you in your search […] the Causes of Gods displeasure: go not by humane policy, […] carnal reason, or other mens judgements and apprehensions, which are fallacious; no, […] God be true, and every man a liar. Compare we our selves by his Word exactly, by the Rule, and by Examples, and let Conscience be an impartial Judge, and doubtless we shall discover more then a little.
2. Make the Word of God your Rule 〈…〉, make that your Light and Lamp to lead you in your search 〈…〉 the Causes of Gods displeasure: go not by humane policy, 〈…〉 carnal reason, or other mens judgements and apprehensions, which are fallacious; no, 〈…〉 God be true, and every man a lyar. Compare we our selves by his Word exactly, by the Rule, and by Examples, and let Conscience be an impartial Judge, and doubtless we shall discover more then a little.
3. Come with an humble heart, prepared to submit to whatsoever God shall discover. Consider, many things have been told you, but they have met with, and crossed your corruptions, and so you have rejected them: a proud heart is never like to be so familiar with God as to be instructed by him, he sees such at a distance: would you have God to teach you, submit humbly to his teaching.
3. Come with an humble heart, prepared to submit to whatsoever God shall discover. Consider, many things have been told you, but they have met with, and crost your corruptions, and so you have rejected them: a proud heart is never like to be so familiar with God as to be instructed by him, he sees such at a distance: would you have God to teach you, submit humbly to his teaching.