Again, let a Tradesman but have this intention, and it will make him a saint in his shop; his everyday business will be a course of wise and reasonable actions, made holy to God, by being done in obedience to his will and pleasure …He will therefore consider, not what arts, or methods, or application [...]
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It Will Make Him a Saint in His Shop
Posted in Law, William, tagged Intention, Labor, Obedience, Piety, Work on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Men Have Not so Much Intention to Please God
Posted in Law, William, tagged Grace, Intention, Pleasing God on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Now the reason of common swearing is this, it is because men have not so much as the intention to please God in all their actions. And if you will here stop and ask yourself, why you are not as [holy] as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you, that it is neither [...]
