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The greatest concern in the world. A short and plain essay, to answer that…
The greatest concern in the world. A short and plain essay, to answer that most concerning and all concerning enquiry, What must I do to be saved? : Published, with a design to assist the addresses of good men unto their neighbours, whom they press to mind, the one thing that is needful.
printed by T. Green, 1718
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This must be done; You must set before your selves the Example of your Saviour; Study how He was in the world; Study to walk as He walked; ⟨p. 20⟩mightily Delight in every stroke of Resemblance unto Him; Yea, tho' it be in Sufferings that you Resemble Him. This is that Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
This must be done; You must by a solemn Dedication of your Selves and your All unto the LORD, become the Lords. It must therefore be your Desire to have all your Talents, all your Possessions, and Enjoyments and Interests, Employed for the Honour of the Lord: And owning the Lord, as the Great Giver, and Owner, the Lord-Proprietor of all that you have, you must be ready to submit unto the Will of God, when He pleases with afflictive Dispensations, to take any of it from you. This is that Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.
This must be done; You must by a solemn Dedication of your Selves and your All unto the LORD, become the Lords. It must therefore be your Desire to have all your Talents, all your Possessions, and Enjoyments and Interests, Employ'd for the Honour of the Lord: And owning the Lord, as the Great Giver, and Owner, the Lord-Proprietor of all that you have, you must be ready to submit unto the Will of God, when He pleases with afflictive Dispensations, to take any of it from you. This is that Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.
This must be done; You must Remember, That the Eye of the Omnipresent GOD is upon you. You must often bring this to Remembrance, God sees me, hears me, knows me, is acquainted with all my ways. A sense of your being under the Notice of God, and of the Account unto which you shall be called by God, must make you Afraid of incurring His Displeasure; Afraid, even of Secret Miscarriages. This is that Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.