...no inconsiderable thing ; for the inference is certain and infallible. u Beloved," says St. John, " if our hearts condemn us not then have " we confidence towards God." And the rule by which the heart must judge is this : " He that prac" tiseth righteousness is righteous,...

...grow in the heart, without mature cultivation. u Be not deceived," my dear child, "God is not mocked." "If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and kno\veth all things." The inmost recesses of our hearts are naked and open to his all-searching eyes....

...and unfeignedly believe the Gospel'?'' By the answer of your conscience — there is no other way. " If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God." (1 John iii. 21.) Is any one then distressed in mind, when he thinks in how many things he has offended...

...lived soberly, righteously, and godly in this pre* sent world, we may take joy and comfort in it ; for if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. But if, upon the trial of our ways, our case appear clearly to be otherwise, or if we have just cause...

...will overwhelm us with inconceivable dismay. With this only can we assure our hearts before God. For if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knoweth all things. But, beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. God is greater than our...

...you should be thinking upon some person or favourite object, that absorbs all your affections. But if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things." To check these contrivances about worldly connexions and pursuits, which relate merely to the present...

...opinion of our fellow creatures, against the convictions of our own consciences ; but remember, that if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knovveth all things. May we never substitute mere opinions, and outward forms and ceremonies, in the...

...saved, whether he believes or not ; and to be damned means nothing more than a guilty conscience. (" If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts," and he will condemn us also.) We deny that all men will ever be reconciled to God ; and as this is one...

...opinion of our fellow creatures, against the convictions of our own consciences ; but remember, that if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. May we never substitute mere •^opinions, and outward forms and ceremonies^11 '^ie rootu of that grace,...

...hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;" verses 19 and 20. " If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God;" verse 21. " Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God ;" chapter iv. verse 7, &c. In these...