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. 1838 Excerpt: ...their conscience by evasions which hardly satisfy even themselves. The same temper, which thus manifests itself in reference to our duty towards our neighbour, shows itself also in reference to our duty towards God and ourselves. Many persons, who know well enough what is required of Christians in these respects, ...
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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. 1838 Excerpt: ...their conscience by evasions which hardly satisfy even themselves. The same temper, which thus manifests itself in reference to our duty towards our neighbour, shows itself also in reference to our duty towards God and ourselves. Many persons, who know well enough what is required of Christians in these respects, attempt to satisfy themselves with a standard of duty far short of the highest which is proposed to us. They know the stress which is laid in Scripture on the duty of private prayer. They know that if they would live as St. Paul lived, they must preserve a constant seriousness of mind, and prepare themselves to act the part of martyrs at any moment, when God may think fit to call on them; and yet they cannot bring themselves to determine on leading a life so little to their taste. They go over their prayers in a hasty and negligent manner, as all people must necessarily do who leave God out of their thoughts in the business and pleasures of life; and they silence the thought, which now and then compels them to contrast their own conduct with that of the saintly examples proposed to them, by recollecting that since the times of the Apostles great changes have taken place in the world, and that rules which might have been very applicable to the case of the first Christians, can hardly be considered as binding upon us under such different circumstances. This they are in the habit of saying to themselves, and this they allow themselves to consider an excuse. But whatever they may say, they are not really at peace with themselves, and would be alarmed indeed to think of meeting their Judge at the last day with their present careless and worldly temper. Nor are the cases which I have mentioned the only cases in which this disposition shows itself. Almost...
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