7. Be much in spiritual duties, pray much against this sin, this thine own sin; read much, hear much, meditate of Christ and Grace, of God and Heaven much;
Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- 1687.
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"Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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perform these duties with a desire to be revenged on thy own sin. As Sampson when he prayed to God for strength, it was that he might be avenged on the Philistins. Brethren, we Pray to God for grace, but 'tis not with this intent that it might kill this sin, and therefore we pray amiss; when we hear a Sermon it is not with intent to get knowledge how to mortifie this sin, and therefore we hear in vain; and mark this, whatever spiritual duty we perform, if we do it not with an intent especially against this sin, it is to no purpose. David when he chose out five flint stones, it was with an intent to kill Goliah with them, and when the slung them, he aimed at his head; so let us do in all our spiritual duties, level them so that we may take aim at this sin especially, and then we shall prosper, 1 Kings 22. 31. Alas what is it to kill a Thousand com∣mon Soldiers in an Army of Twenty Thousand, kill the General and you have won the Field; we Fight in vain, unless we Fight against this King of sins in us.