...God, and return thanks for that grace ; and let the testimony of conscience for us be our rejoicing. If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. As far as we find ourselves guilty, we must be humbled before God for it, mourn, and be in bitter0iess...

...Holy Spirit—nothing more, in short, than our consciousness of right-doing affords us. " Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God," says St. John; and this I apprehend is all that we can say- on the subject, This, in Scripture, and...

...his witness is so much the more authentic ; and therefore, says he, ver. 20 of the third chapter, ' If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and condemns us much more.' And, 2, as the testimony of our deceitful hearts, though deceitful, may be...

...with his sins, he is aware of them himself, and he knows an omniscient God is cognizant of them. " If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things." That was a wise saying of one who, when asked why he did not avail himself of an opportunity to advance...

...the promises of God through the Saviour. It was this was meant by St. John when he said, " Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God." The peace of conscience is the fruit of true practical religion in the heart. The ways of religion...

...from which they who enjoy it are delivered, as this is expressed in the 20th verse, " for if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knoweth all things." This is another appeal to our consciousness, and it speaks trumpet-tongued to both the sinner and the...

...express in 1 John iii. 21, ' But if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. But if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things.' 1 John v. 8-J2, and 'There are three that 1 A man may be a-doing in one room, when he is not in another....

...prayer, not morbid self-seeking nor self-righteous effort, for all is from Thee and in Thee. ' Beloved, if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things.' ' Who can understand his errors ? cleanse Thou me from secret faults.' Yet this refers to the constantly...

...revelation of wrath' calls forth a response from within, 1 PS. 1. 13. B and all must feel, that if 'our own hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things.' The revealed doctrine of Pardon cannot be understood, unless we distinguish the guilt and demerit of...

...sinning against God. A conscience good in point of integrity will be good also in point of tranquillity. If our hearts condemn us not, ' then have we confidence towards God' — and I may say also towards men, Acts xxiv. 16 — oh, what comfort and solace hath a clear conscience!...