Author : Thomas Goodwin
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230303369
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (33 download)
Book Synopsis The Works of Thomas Goodwin Volume 7 by : Thomas Goodwin
Download or read book The Works of Thomas Goodwin Volume 7 written by Thomas Goodwin and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ... abundance, the majesty of the Lord appears more in thee than a professor that glisters more in the world in regard of outward things. Or art thou in disgrace, and in reproaches, abused and contemned? Labour to approve thy heart to God, seek the honour that is of him, be patient, and revile not again; only take heed that thou sufferest not as an evil doer, and be not discouraged from practising all the duties of godliness with constancy and cheerfulness, and thou shalt approve thyself to the consciences of men, and ' the Spirit of glory shall rest upon thee, ' 1 Peter iv. 14. Keep but thy innocency, and let them do what they will, thy light shall break forth as clear as noonday. And that majesty which shall appear in thee shall melt all the disgraces cast at thee, as the sun doth snowballs cast at it before they come half way; or they shall all fall off like burrs cast upon a looking-glass. For still know this, and build upon it, that nothing from without can debase the majesty of God in a man, no outward condition whatsoever (as Christ says of defilement, that nothing from without defiles a man, but all defilement is from within, a man's own heart), nothing from without can soil the majesty of God in him, but all that men lose is from within, from sin, and sinful, ungodlike, unChristlike, and unsaintlike carriages in their several conditions. But I shall now shew some particular means whereby Christians may maintain and keep the majesty of the Lord from being soiled and debased in them, and preserve holiness in the beauty, lustre, and brightness of it, so as to commend it to men's consciences with authority. 1. Christians must be innocent and harmless. I premise this, not as though in itself simply and alone, or chiefly, the majesty of..