The differences between this world, and that which I am going to

1. This world is God’s footstool.  That is his throne.

2. Here are his works of inferior nature and of grace.  There he shineth forth in perfect glory.

3. Here is gross, receptive matter moved in invisible powers.  There are the noblest efficient communicative powers moving all.

4. This is the inferior, subject, governed world.  That is the superior, regent world.

5. This is a world of trial, where the soul is his that can win its consent.  That is a world where the will is perfectly determined and fixed.

6. Satan winning men’s consent hath here a large dominion of fools.  There he is cast out, and hath no possession.

7. Here he is a tempter and troubler of the best.  There he hath neither power to tempt nor trouble.

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1. It is the duty of every one to remember the Lord’s Day and to prepare for it before its approach. On the preceding day all worldly business should be so ordered by each person and seasonably laid aside that he may not be hindered thereby from sanctifying the Sabbath, as the Holy Scriptures require. (more…)

“The differences between this world, and that which I am going to”

1. This world is God’s footstool.  That is his throne.

2. Here are his works of inferior nature and of grace.  There he shineth forth in perfect glory.

3. Here is gross, receptive matter moved in invisible powers.  There are the noblest efficient communicative powers moving all.

4. This is the inferior, subject, governed world.  That is the superior, regent world.

5. This is a world of trial, where the soul is his that can win its consent.  That is a world where the will is perfectly determined and fixed.

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The signs of a flesh-pleaser or sensualist are these:

1. When a man in his desire to please his appetite, does not do it with a view to a higher end, that is to say to the preparing himself for the service of God; but does it only for the delight itself. (Of course no one does every action consciously with a view to the service of God. Nevertheless, the general manner or habit of a life spent in the service of God is absent for the flesh-pleaser.) (more…)

A holy life is inclined to be made easier when we know the usual sequence and method of our duties – with everything falling into its proper place. Therefore, I shall give some brief directions for spending the day in a holy manner: (more…)