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. 1736 edition. Excerpt: ... my beauty to ensnare my neighbour, and displayed my charms to kindle a fire, that will burn me here and hereafter too, without repentance? Have I not prostituted my wit to burlesque my Creator, and oftentimes to censure his providence, and to deny his being? Such considerations ought rather to enliven ...
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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. 1736 edition. Excerpt: ... my beauty to ensnare my neighbour, and displayed my charms to kindle a fire, that will burn me here and hereafter too, without repentance? Have I not prostituted my wit to burlesque my Creator, and oftentimes to censure his providence, and to deny his being? Such considerations ought rather to enliven my fear, than swell my vanity and, I am persuaded, upon the death-bed, more Christians wish their natural perfections had been less than greater. Do I boast of my virtues? This is a kind of sacrilege; for I invade God's right, and appropriate to my self the immediate effect of his goodness. What have I, that I did not receive? Besides, I ceased to be virtuous, the moment I became proud. Humility is the foundation of virtue: if this be removed, the whole fabrick of a Christian life falls to the ground; and whoever values himself upon his virtues, will certainly be taught humility, by falling into the most shameful vices. God takes pleasure in shewing those pharisaical saints (who pride themselves in their pretended piety) that they are unlike their Christian brethren, not in the regularity of their conduct, but in the enormity of their crimes; that all the good we do comes from him, and all the evil from our selves. N Ut Let us therefore seek God alone in all our virtuous actions; if we have any temporal view, we do ill even in doing good, Take heed, fays our Saviour, you do not your good works, to draw the esteem and praise of men; for if you sollicite this petty recompence, you must expect no other from God. It is an extreme folly to labour without profit, to turn the subject of an eternal recompence into an occasion of torments, to practise the most severe morals of the saints, and to carry off the punishments of sinners. Gospel of St....
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