Sermons on several important subjects of religion and morality : to which are added two tracts ... . While God works in Us, andfor Us, We muft alfo work for Oiirfelves^ orelfe his Grace is fent in vain. Therefore, tho*the Pjdhniji prays to God, to create in Him aclean Hearty and a new Spirit^ ; yet elfe whereGod Himfelf, fpeaking to his People, fays,Cafi away from Tou all your Tranfgrejtons, makeTou a new Heart, and a new Spirit c. So thena good Heart and a good Life are Gods Work^and they are our Work alfo : They are a Mix-ture, or Compound oiBoth. God will never failto perform his Part, prov
Sermons on several important subjects of religion and morality : to which are added two tracts ... . While God works in Us, andfor Us, We muft alfo work for Oiirfelves^ orelfe his Grace is fent in vain. Therefore, tho*the Pjdhniji prays to God, to create in Him aclean Hearty and a new Spirit^ ; yet elfe whereGod Himfelf, fpeaking to his People, fays,Cafi away from Tou all your Tranfgrejtons, makeTou a new Heart, and a new Spirit c. So thena good Heart and a good Life are Gods Work^and they are our Work alfo : They are a Mix-ture, or Compound oiBoth. God will never failto perform his Part, provided only that Weare not wanting in Ours. X^i^ We thereforeiirfl:, the appointed Means of Grace (appointedby God) fuch as Hearing, Reading, Prayingsand receiving the Holy Communion; for Thefeare the ordinary Injirumenfs of Grace, the Con-duits or Channels, in and by which God conveysit. Take We Care to comply with, and obeythe Grace of God once received, and to bringforth the Fruits of it in our Lives and Con-verfations. a Philip, xi. 12. ^ Pfal. li. lO. « Ezek. xviii. 30, 31, SERMON ^^=^?i^^^^. SERMON VIII. The Springs and Motives o£ falfe Pre--fences to the Holy Spirit ^ with theRules and Marks of tryiitg and de-teding them. I John iv. i. Beloved.^ believe not every Spirit^ hut trythe Spirits whether they are of God, U R prefent Feftival ^ is the Me-morial of the awfal coming ofGods Holy Spi?it upon the A-poftles, purfuant to our LordsPromife -, and is particularly de-dicated to the Honour of that Divine Perfon,the Third Perjbiz of the adorable We ought to honour in every Way thateither Sacred Writ, or our ov/n enlightend Reafoii 2 Whltfunday,
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