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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. Take heed that we be not put by our Spiritual Duties for worldly affairs. These are our principal business Mat 6 33. Seek first the kingdom of God God hath not made the duties which he requires of us to interfere, but they may very suitably join and go hand in hand, if it be not our own fault; and we may and ought to allot to each their season: we ought to be diligent in our callings, but we are to worship God too Our being good husbands must not hinder our being good Christians, but pay a due deference to it, else we shall be guilty of the worst husbandry that can ⟨p. 47⟩be: we must not follow the world so eagerly as either to thrust out Religious duties, or tire our selves to an unfitness to attend them; all our success depends on the blessing of God, Prov 10 22. The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich; & all our endeavours, all our prudence and industry without it is of no value. If we think the time lost from the world, that we spend in daily religious exercises, we run away from God, and practically deny his superintendency over all humane affairs, nor can we have ground to expect to enjoy him with us in our employments.
2. Take heed that we be not put by our Spiritual Duties for worldly affairs. These are our principal business Mat 6 33. Seek first the kingdom of God God hath not made the duties which he requires of us to interfere, but they may very suitably joyn and go hand in hand, if it be not our own fault; and we may and ought to allot to each their season: we ought to be diligent in our callings, but we are to worship God too Our being good husbands must not hinder our being good Christians, but pay a due deference to it, else we shall be guilty of the worst husbandry that can ⟨p. 47⟩be: we must not follow the world so eagerly as either to thrust out Religious duties, or tire our selves to an unfitness to attend them; all our success depends on the blessing of God, Prov 10 22. The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich; & all our endeavours, all our prudence and industry without it is of no value. If we think the time lost from the world, that we spend in daily religious exercises, we run away from God, and practically deny his superintendency over all humane affairs, nor can we have ground to expect to enjoy him with us in our employments.