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On the Knowledge of God.
Though all men agree about religion in general, yet
they differ about nothing more than the particular ex-
ercise of it
Our form of worship incomparably the best
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To serve God aright, it is necessary to know that God
whom we are to serve
205
To know that in the one Godhead there are Three Per-
sons
208
Our knowledge of God must be also practical and expe-
rimental
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That all this knowledge is necessary towards serving
God aright
210
The error of the Church of Rome in this particular
Arguments to induce us to seek after this knowledge
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212
How we ought to serve God
213
We must serve him with a perfect heart, and with a will-
ing mind
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For what reason we ought thus to serve God
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An exhortation to it
On the Mystery of the Trinity.
It is impossible to be truly religious without knowing God 225
Which we cannot do truly but by the light of revelation 226
Which alone discovers to us the mystery of the Trinity ibid.
Into which our Saviour commands all nations to be bap-
tized
227
Where we must consider the work he sends his apostles,
about
What is meant by teaching
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ibid.
The mistake of which occasioned the sect of the Ana-
baptists
Our Saviour speaks not of teaching before baptism, but after it
So that infant baptism is commanded in those very words,
which are pretended to forbid it
The large extent of the commission here given
Not understood by the apostles themselves, till inter-
preted from heaven
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The manner of admitting all nations into Christ's church ibid.
The church always baptized in the name of the Three
Persons
The Trinity of Persons proved from the Scriptures, both
of the Old Testament
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Why Christians, notwithstanding the excellency of their
religion, lead as bad lives as other men
249
This cannot be owing to any defect in the Gospel
250
But proceeds from being too much concerned for the
things of this world
252
The love of money is the root of all evil
Where by money the apostle means the things of this
world
253
In what the love of these things consists
How it is the root of all evil
Of all the evil of which we are guilty, viz. of sins of
omission
255
And commission
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Of all the evil which we suffer in this life
260
Timothy first Bishop of the province of Ephesus
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He and all ministers enjoined to preach with authority ibid.
To charge not only the poor, but the rich
Whom the apostle means by them that are rich
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Why they are to be charged not to be high-minded
Why not to trust in uncertain riches
What good they are enjoined to do
Works of piety towards God
Works of charity towards the poor
And to be rich in good works
Which are our principal riches
Ready to distribute
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Willing to communicate
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The reward promised to this duty
On Self-Denial.
The introduction
285
Mistaken notions about Christianity
287
How to know what it is to be a true Christian
It is not so easy to be as some imagine
288
They that will be such must deny themselves
289
Deny their reason in matters of divine revelation, which
are above it
290
Their wills in submission to God's
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And their affections
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And the enjoyment of their estates, when they come in
competition with their duty
They must deny themselves in those sins and lusts they
We must also take up the cross
Which they only do, who suffer for conscience
The reasonableness of this duty
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On striving to enter at the strait gate.
All must expect ere long to be in another world
Either of endless happiness
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In order hereto we must first resolve
And then set upon a new life
Depending entirely on the merits of Christ
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Praying for the assistance of his grace
And waiting his answer to our prayers
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On the Imitation of Christ.
Christ came into the world to save sinners
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Paying, by his death, the debts we owed to God
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Giving us a pattern of holiness in his life
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More perfect than any before or since
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Which we are bound to follow
But we must not presume to follow Christ in what he
In his bounty and goodness to all, even to his enemies ibid.
And in his piety towards God
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Increasing in wisdom as in stature
337
Though as man his knowledge was finite, yet that im-
plies no imperfection or sin
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Such ignorance is no sin
But only the ignorance of what we ought to know
At least we should thus increase in godly wisdom, when
grown up
Teach our children after Christ's example
Who, as he grew in godly wisdom when a child, also
used that wisdom when grown up, and devoted him-
self wholly to the service of God
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His resignation to God's will, love of him, zeal for him,
trust in him, were also most exemplary
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So were also his external acts of devotion, frequently re-
tiring to pray
The meaning of Προσευχὴ
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Frequenting the synagogue on the sabbath
An exhortation to follow Christ
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On our call and election.
Many called but few chosen, a hard saying
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The Jews rejecting Christ's invitation, the Gentiles are
called
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But our Saviour means his call by the ministry of his word
On the appearance of Christ the Sun of righteousness.
Why the Scripture represents spiritual things by sensible
objects
As Christ's coming by the rising of the Sun of righte-
ousness
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