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A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…
A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirmed, their excellence displayed, their usefulness improved; contrary errors & vices refuted & exposed, objections answered, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolved; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefaced by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirm'd, their excellence display'd, their usefulness improv'd; contrary errors & vices refuted & expos'd, objections answer'd, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolv'd; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefac'd by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green and S. Kneeland for B. Eliot and D. Henchman, 1726
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.
8. HENCE, if Mans Great End be Well-Being, it must be to Enjoy God Eternally, For therein only can his Well-Being consist: Here only is his Resting Place; Till he comes hither, he doth but wander from Mountain to Hill, seeking Rest, and finding none: And if there be no self concern equally incumbent on him with this, as it is certain there is not, needs must it be an End Superior to all those poor. Designs, which the generality of Mankind are in Pursuit of with so much Heat and Vigour; and nothing but the Glory of God can be beyond it.
8. HENCE, if Mans Great End be Well-Being, it must be to Enjoy God Eternally, For therein only can his Well-Being consist: Here only is his Resting Place; Till he comes hither, he doth but wander from Mountain to Hill, seeking Rest, and finding none: And if there be no self concern equally incumbent on him with this, as it is certain there is not, needs must it be an End Superior to all those poor. Designs, which the generality of Mankind are in Persuit of with so much Heat and Vigour; and nothing but the Glory of God can be beyond it.
Q. HOW •ar is a Man bound to have his mind exercised about this Chief End in all his Actions?
A. THIS Case hath been too laxly resolved by some, and too severely Strained by others: Popish Casuists give too large Allowances to Mens carnal Corruptions, while they tell us, that a Previous Intention is enough, ⟨p. 9⟩and that if a Man at most Once a Day think of his End, it is enough; •ay an Implicit Intention may suffice. They on the other hand lay a Snare to trouble pious Consciences, who charge Sin and Hypocrisy on Men, if they be not always int, thinking upon their Glorifying and Enjoying of God. For a right ting of the Resolution of this Case, take Tse osions.