How the law speaks
The righteousness, then, which is of the law speaks in this way. You, O man of God, stand fast in love, in the image of God in which you are made. If you will remain in life, keep the commandments, which are now written in your heart. Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Love as yourself every soul that he has made. Desire nothing but God. Aim at God in every thought, in every word and work. Do not swerve in one motion of body or soul from him, your mark, and the prize of your high calling. And let all that is in you praise his holy name, every power and faculty of your soul, in every kind, in every degree, and at every moment of your existence. Do this, and you shall live. Your light shall shine, your love shall flame more and more, until you are received up into the house of God in the heavens, to reign with him forever and ever.
1771 text
5. The righteousness then which is of the law, speaketh on this wise. “Thou, O man of God, stand fast in love, in the image of God wherein thou art made. If thou wilt remain in life, keep the commandments, which are now written in thy heart. Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. Love as thyself every soul that he hath made. Desire nothing but God. Aim at God in every thought, in every word and work. Swerve not in one motion of body or soul, from him thy mark and the prize of thy high calling. And let all that is in thee praise his holy name, every power and faculty of thy soul, in every kind, in every degree, and at every moment of thine existence. This do, and thou shalt live: thy light shall shine, thy love shall flame more and more, till thou art received up into the house of God in the heavens, to reign with him for ever and ever.”
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 6 in the 1771 Works. Romans 10:5-8.
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