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The duty of a people that have renewed their covenant with God. Opened and…
The duty of a people that have renewed their covenant with God. Opened and urged in a sermon preached to the Second Church in Boston in New-England, March 17. 1679.[/]80. after that church had explicitly and most solemnly renewed the engagement of themselves to God, and one to another. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]The duty of a people that have renewed their covenant with God. Opened and urged in a sermon preached to the Second Church in Boston in New-England, March 17. 1679.[/]80. after that church had explicitly and most solemnly renewed the ingagement of themselves to God, and one to another. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1680
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.
He is an All-seeing God, his Eyes are a flame of fire: you cannot lodge an Idol in your hearts, though it be in the most secret and retired room of it, but he will find it out: he will search you with candles, will make a through search, and you cant avoid him.
He is an All-seeing God, his Eyes are a flame of fire: you cannot lodge an Idol in your hearts, though it be in the most secret and retired room of it, but he will find it out: he will search you with candles, will make a through search, and you cannnt avoid him.
Only here is your encouragement, he is a gracious and merciful God too, and therefore if through frailty or Temptation you should at any time forget your selves, and fail in the due performance of your duty, if then you do truly repent and seek his face in Jesus Christ by faith in him, he will receive and Pardon you, there is forgiveness with him that he may be feared, Psal. 130.4. But still, be sure let the solemn consideration of his dread Majesty, be a constant remembrance unto you, of the incessant and diligent care you ought to express in holy endeavours to make good this choice of yours, which you have made of him by Covenant, lest you should stir him up against you, and turn that to your harm which might have been for your benefit and good.
Only here is your encouragement, he is a gracious and merciful God too, and therefore if through frailty or Temptation you should at any time forget your selves, and fail in the due performance of your duty, if then you do truly repent and seek his face in Jesus Christ by faith in him, he will receive and Pardon you, there is forgiveness with him that he may be feared, Psal. 130.4. But still, be sure let the solemn consideration of his dread Majesty, be a constant remembrance unto you, of the incessant and diligent care you ought to express in holy endeavours to make good this choise of yours, which you have made of him by Covenant, lest you should stir him up against you, and turn that to your harm which might have been for your benefit and good.