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Walking with God, the great duty and privilege of true Christians. In two sermons,…Walking with God, the great duty and priviledge of true Christians. In two sermons,…
Walking with God, the great duty and privilege of true Christians. In two sermons, preached on the lecture, in the year 1700. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Four lines from Micah]Walking with God, the great duty and priviledge of true Christians. In two sermons, preached on the lecture, in the year 1700. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Four lines from Micah]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1701
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2 We must corroborate our love to the Rule. It is not enough to have a Theoretical knowledge of it, for it is certain that we shall conform unto it no farther than we love it: The natural man is offended at the Rule of Obedience given us by God; his heart riseth up against it, he hath entertained prejudices at it, yea is a mere lump of enmity, as he is described, Rom. 8.7. The carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. And so much as there is of the law of sin remaining in the best; so far is their love defective & stands in need of fortifying. And here observe
2 We must corroborate our love to the Rule. It is not enough to have a Theoretical knowledge of it, for it is certain that we shall conform unto it no farther than we love it: The natural man is offended at the Rule of Obedience given us by God; his heart riseth up against it, he hath entertained prejudices at it, yea is a meer lump of ermity, as he is described, Rom. 8.7. The carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. And so much as there is of the law of sin remaining in the best; so far is their love defective & stands in need of fortifying. And here observe
1. That all sincere Obedience is the exercise of love. Faith indeed regulates our Obedience, but it is love that acts it, according to Gal 5.6. Faith that worketh by love. We walk with God in no duty any farther than we do it in love, for we are told in, Rom. 13 10. Love is the fulfilling of the law And for this reason all Obedience is called by the name of love, and ⟨p. 37⟩put distributively with faith,