The Christian Manual Volume 49; Or, of the Life and Manners of True Christians (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...all our life, faith in word and deed, learned, honest1, and profitable communication. And under the tenth are contained good and godly affections, together with all holy and honest cogitations. And this is a very brief and compendious form and rule of good works; which if you would have more contract and short, you may consider the speech of Christ dividing the same into two general parts: " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and thy neighbour as thyself: " and, "Whatsoever you would that men should do unto you, even so do you unto them." Wherein this is principally to be observed, that the divine law, the sum or effect whereof is the love of God and our neighbour, doth not require of those that be justified only external works and discipline; but also the interior and spiritual motions of the heart, consonant to the holy will of almighty God, as our Saviour Christ himself beareth witness, saying: ' honesty, 1576. " You shall be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect." For prave and corrupt affections, and cogitations of the inner man, are rebuked and informed by the law of God; and therewithal external discipline is planted; insomuch that by the rule of the ten commandments all men and all orders and vocations of men are informed and instructed in their duty, in all times and places. All estates, sexes, and ages, as princes, prelates, husbands, wives, masters, servants, fathers, children, men, women, bond, and free, are directed and guided by the law of the ten commandments. The last part of the description of good works remaineth touching their end. For I said that all the good works of the regenerate ought to respect the glory of God, the.ornament o...