The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . --SERMON S E R M. LVII. E ihall now conlider the pretencewherein they glory, that theirfcheine is to promote a chriftiancharity and mutual this, like thofe of old, they Ezek. xiii. have feducd the people, crying, Veacei peace^ where10, flj^yc was m peace, one built up a flight wall, and laothers daubd it with untemperd mortar. We haveheard fpeeches delivered v/ith a great deal of flat
The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . --SERMON S E R M. LVII. E ihall now conlider the pretencewherein they glory, that theirfcheine is to promote a chriftiancharity and mutual this, like thofe of old, they Ezek. xiii. have feducd the people, crying, Veacei peace^ where10, flj^yc was m peace, one built up a flight wall, and laothers daubd it with untemperd mortar. We haveheard fpeeches delivered v/ith a great deal of flatformality, in praife of that which every man pro-felTes to admire, and every believer has the feeds ofin himfelf. The holy Spirit implants it in thehearts of his own people, and therefore it is a pub-lick evidence of our intereft in Chrift, by whichall men will know that v/e are his difciples, whenwe have love one to another. But when (ImU vain ivords have an end? Has theScripture faid fo many things of brotherly love,only to exprefs the rancour of thofe that want it \Is talking over a precept to pafs for obedience to\i\ Are thofe glorious things that we read of cha-rity to furnifh the language of r
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