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Masonry Founded On Scripture.
Andfirst it implies , that we walk with God ; and secondly , that we % valk humbly xvith God . Walking with God implies , that we in all our actions endeavour to p lease him and strive to obey him ; and this in the language of holy scripture is frequently called hvalking with God : thus we are commanded to walk worthy of the Lord , unto all pleasing , being faithful in the knowledof God And
in every good work , and increasing ge * accordino- to this phrase we read that Enoch walked with God : f And soagain , ° we are told of Noab , that he was a just man , and perfect in bis teneralions , and that be walked with God . % .. By which expressions it is plainly meant that they believed in and feared God , and that they endeavoured to serve and please him with all their hearts : for thus to the Hebrews where
these texts are explained by the author : § you will find that by this precept we are bound to believe m God , to f-ar him , to love him , and to serve him ; and that with freedom ; for his service is and must be perfect freedom : || With fervency , tor he is a Sbirit , ^ and they that serve him must be fervent in spinf * when thus wviiiothe Lordand with zealfor Isaiah tells usthat we must
: : , , be cloatbedwiib zeal , as with a cloak : t and this especially m the most degenerate ages , according to the example of Elijah , who , at the time all Israel was evne a xvboriug after their oxon inventions , + was still in the midst of that adulterous and wicked generation ; very zealous
for the Lord of Hosts . § . ' . ' We must walk bum'ly with God , which , i . consists in a due sensB and acknowledgment of our iniquities ;|| and in a hearty desire that God will be merciful to us sinners : < f [ and that with a consciousness of the number of our sins , as well as the heinousness of their nature , ^ nd a sincere repentance of them , in a thoroug h sense of our own cor - knowi withStPaulthat in usthat isin our fitsbdwel- .
ruption ; : p-- . , , , , hth no ovod tbinf ; * and in confessing our frailty , that verily every man livino- % altogether vanity : f in acknowledg ing our dependance on him for what we have , are , or do : for in him toe live , wove , and have our-beino-: \ and in admiring and adoring the goodness oi God , who has brought us out of the darkness of heathenish superstition and idolatry into die true liriitof the gospel of his Sonand hath called us to this
< , state of salvation , * according to the Apostle , But ye brethren arejwt in darkness ; ye are all the children of light , and of the aay . —h alk therefore as children of light . \\ ' ' ¦> Wul ' ° in < r buinblv with God imp lies that ; we must venerate and adore his infinite perfections , the depth of ihe riches both of the wisthit uiisearcuableand
dom and knowledge of God , bis judgments ( are , bhnays that are past finding out .: ^ In despising all things in respect of God knowing ' that when we approach him we should aboor ourselv < and repent in dust and ashes : *—in renouncing our best works ,
* Col i . 10 . t Gen . v . 22 . J Gen . vi . 9 , § Heb . xi . 5 , 6 , 7 . II ' IMurh of the Church „ f Enghui . . % John iv . 24 . horn . xu . II . tilthilif 17 . t Psalm cvl 39- § 1 Kings xix . 14 . [ Jer . in . i 3 .. r t lsai . ii ) nx . ii . .. * Rom . vii . iS . r Psal . xxxix . 11 , I ^ L ^ . 5 ^ 3 . ^ . , 4 , 5 . ^^ . 8 . . H Rom . xi , « : . j ¦ ¦ ¦ * Job . xiii . 6 .
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Masonry Founded On Scripture.
Andfirst it implies , that we walk with God ; and secondly , that we % valk humbly xvith God . Walking with God implies , that we in all our actions endeavour to p lease him and strive to obey him ; and this in the language of holy scripture is frequently called hvalking with God : thus we are commanded to walk worthy of the Lord , unto all pleasing , being faithful in the knowledof God And
in every good work , and increasing ge * accordino- to this phrase we read that Enoch walked with God : f And soagain , ° we are told of Noab , that he was a just man , and perfect in bis teneralions , and that be walked with God . % .. By which expressions it is plainly meant that they believed in and feared God , and that they endeavoured to serve and please him with all their hearts : for thus to the Hebrews where
these texts are explained by the author : § you will find that by this precept we are bound to believe m God , to f-ar him , to love him , and to serve him ; and that with freedom ; for his service is and must be perfect freedom : || With fervency , tor he is a Sbirit , ^ and they that serve him must be fervent in spinf * when thus wviiiothe Lordand with zealfor Isaiah tells usthat we must
: : , , be cloatbedwiib zeal , as with a cloak : t and this especially m the most degenerate ages , according to the example of Elijah , who , at the time all Israel was evne a xvboriug after their oxon inventions , + was still in the midst of that adulterous and wicked generation ; very zealous
for the Lord of Hosts . § . ' . ' We must walk bum'ly with God , which , i . consists in a due sensB and acknowledgment of our iniquities ;|| and in a hearty desire that God will be merciful to us sinners : < f [ and that with a consciousness of the number of our sins , as well as the heinousness of their nature , ^ nd a sincere repentance of them , in a thoroug h sense of our own cor - knowi withStPaulthat in usthat isin our fitsbdwel- .
ruption ; : p-- . , , , , hth no ovod tbinf ; * and in confessing our frailty , that verily every man livino- % altogether vanity : f in acknowledg ing our dependance on him for what we have , are , or do : for in him toe live , wove , and have our-beino-: \ and in admiring and adoring the goodness oi God , who has brought us out of the darkness of heathenish superstition and idolatry into die true liriitof the gospel of his Sonand hath called us to this
< , state of salvation , * according to the Apostle , But ye brethren arejwt in darkness ; ye are all the children of light , and of the aay . —h alk therefore as children of light . \\ ' ' ¦> Wul ' ° in < r buinblv with God imp lies that ; we must venerate and adore his infinite perfections , the depth of ihe riches both of the wisthit uiisearcuableand
dom and knowledge of God , bis judgments ( are , bhnays that are past finding out .: ^ In despising all things in respect of God knowing ' that when we approach him we should aboor ourselv < and repent in dust and ashes : *—in renouncing our best works ,
* Col i . 10 . t Gen . v . 22 . J Gen . vi . 9 , § Heb . xi . 5 , 6 , 7 . II ' IMurh of the Church „ f Enghui . . % John iv . 24 . horn . xu . II . tilthilif 17 . t Psalm cvl 39- § 1 Kings xix . 14 . [ Jer . in . i 3 .. r t lsai . ii ) nx . ii . .. * Rom . vii . iS . r Psal . xxxix . 11 , I ^ L ^ . 5 ^ 3 . ^ . , 4 , 5 . ^^ . 8 . . H Rom . xi , « : . j ¦ ¦ ¦ * Job . xiii . 6 .