...obedience, to all the Divine commandments. This condition is expressly recorded by St. John : " Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God, and whatsoever we ask of him we shall obtain' :" and St. James affirms, that " the effectual fervent...

...men," are preferable to any enjoyment that may be contrary to the dictates of a good conscience; for, " If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God." Not wishing to trouble your Honour further, and beg* giug your indulgence for the past, 1 remain, &c....

...obedience, to all the Divine commandments. This condition is expressly recorded by St. John : " Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God, and whatsoever we ask of him we shall obtain':" and St. James affirms, that " the effectual fervent...

...us confess the truth. The fault is not in our Common Prayer-books, but in our hearts. " My brethren, if our hearts condemn us not, " then have we confidence towards God*;" then shall we have confidence to look his terrors steadily in the face, and to join, without fear,...

...laloation, and have done thy commandments? Did John encourage a confidence in the flesh, when he said, If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God? or Peter, when he appealed to Christ, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee...

...ought not to be, for which their hearts condemned them so long as they lived. For it is as well said, " If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God." SS " Thoughts prevailed against, and cast out, return again ; and their being in us, is sin. Acts viii....

...salvation, and have done thy commandments? Did John encourage a confidence in the flesh, when he said, If our hearts condemn us not, then have we. confidence towards God? or Peter, when he appealed to Christ, Lord, thou knoicest all things, thou knowest that 1 love thee...

...upright. And let him apply to these inquiries that very just and affecting observation of St. John : " If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things." But as there are habits of acting, so are thei'e habits of speaking ; habits of lying, which is as much...

...upright. And let him apply to these inquiries that very just and affecting observation of St. John : " If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things." But as there are habits of acting, so are there habits of speaking ; habits of lying, which is as much...

...upright. And let him apply to these inquiries that very just and affecting observation of St. John : " If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things." But as there are habits of acting, so are there habits of speaking ; habits of lying, which is as much...