Christopher Love on professing the truth of God with simplicity of heart

[Reformed Covenanter]

For the first, that our Religion must be grounded on God’s truth, it is the foundation upon which all other duties to God or man are to be built, for if they be not grounded on God’s truth, but devised by man’s brain, they are but human traditions, which the Lord will not accept, neither is it to any purpose, that we shew ourselves earnest, and forward in religion, unless it be true and agreeable to God’s holy word.

… Tis not sufficient that we profess the truth, but it must be done in truth and simplicity of heart; for how glorious soever our profession of the true religion is before men, yet it is abominable in the eyes of God, if it be not in truth, and from an upright heart, Joshua 24.14. Fear the Lord, and serve him in uprightness, and in truth which if we perform in our serving of God; it will be acceptable in his sight, though performed in great weakness, and mingled with many imperfections; let us therefore with our Saviour, pray unto God that we may be sanctified with his truth, that not only whatsoever we do, may be grounded on God’s truth, but that we may do it in truth and uprightness of heart. ...

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Christopher Love on professing the truth of God with simplicity of heart

For the first, that our Religion must be grounded on God’s truth, it is the foundation upon which all other duties to God or man are to be built, for if they be not grounded on God’s tr…

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