Run the race
You, O man of God (1 Timothy 6:11), think on these things. If you are already in this way, go on. If you have heretofore mistaken the path, bless God who has brought you back. And now run the race which is set before you (Hebrews 12:1), in the royal way of universal love. Take heed, lest you be either wavering in your judgment or straitened in your bowels (2 Corinthians 6:12). But keep an even pace, rooted in the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3), and grounded in love — in true Catholic love — till you are swallowed up in love forever and ever.
1771 text
6. Thou, O man of God, think on these things. If thou art already in this way, go on. If thou hast heretofore mistook the path, bless God who hath brought thee back. And now run the race which is set before thee, in the royal way of universal love. Take heed, lest thou be either wavering in thy judgment, or straitened in thy bowels. But keep an even pace, rooted in the faith once delivered to the saints, and grounded in love, in true Catholic love, till thou art swallowed up in love for ever and ever.
About this text
Rendered in modern English, to be read and heard. Open the 1771 text under each part to check the claims and the scripture.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 39 in the 1771 Works. 2 Kings 10:15.
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