...bf£ti. ip the 'woyld^ Apd tfcs •' *' 2 Cor. i. I2." "•' .: John teachetb, * that ifwr hearts SERM, condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and kno'weth all things ; but if our hearts cwdetpn us not, then bsve vw confidence towards God. JJut every one, who hath at'tentively peruJfed...

...mining in our minds, and glaring upon our confciences, " then " have we confidence towards GOD : but if our " hearts condemn us, GOD is greater than our " hearts, and knows all things." F 3 SERMON [70] SERMON CXV. The fins of men not chargeable upon GOD ; but upon themfelves....

...make us certain, where they concur, as they R 4 ought ought to do, that we are the Children of God. If our Hearts condemn us not, then have we Confidence towards God: Which is St. "Johns Rule, and comprehends both the Evidences in the Text ; for our Heart judges both...

...queftions qucftions as thefe ? It may fcem fo now ; but the hour is coming when it will appear otherwise. ' If ' our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our ' hearts', and will condemn us more. We may plead the caufe with confidence, and either bribe it, or endure its fentence...

...EleS ? It is God that juftifietl-. In 'the Court of their own Confciences, t John iii. 2i. Beloved, if our Hearts condemn us not, then have we Confidence towards God. And in the Day of Judgment. Both particular, Heb. 9. 27. -As it is appointed unto Men once to die,...

...cleft ? It is God that juftifieth. In the court of their own confciences ; i John iii. 2 1 . Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. And in the day of judgment: both particular, Heb. ix 27. As it is appointed unto men once to die, but...

...name and authority, he will confirm and ratify, i John iii, 20. " If our hearts, (ie) our confciences, condemn us, God is " greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things:" This is that torment which no man can endure. See the effects of it in Cain, in Judas, and in Spira...

...made to the apoflles only, and doth not concern us, let us hear what St. John writes to us : Brethren, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God ; and whatfoever we afk we receive of him : Afk, faith he, and it fhall be given you; feek and ye fhall...

...concerned not to do any thing, by which we {hall cart, ourfelves out of the divine favour. Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. Secure of his approbation we may fay with the apoftle, With me it is a very fmall thing, that I Jhould...

...Neither Death nor Life — nor any other ereature, jhall feparate us from the love of God. Rom. viiL 39If our hearts condemn us not, then have -we confidence towards God. i John iii. 21. 1 A DEBTOR to mercy alone, ** Of covenant mercy I fmg ; Nor fear, with thy righteoufneis on,...