The New Whole Duty of Man
Subtitle: Containing the Faith As Well As Practice of a Christian
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9781417956685
Subjects: Christian life & practice; Spirituality - General; Religion; Religion - Christian Life; Christian Life - General; Christianity - Christian Life - General
First sentence: I. THE chriftian religion being the means, which God has appointed for the reftoring mankind to his favour, which man had forfeited by his wilful difobedience; and for his recovering the image of God; the Almighty does therein give us a new hope and title to that everlafting happinefs, for which man was at firft created: but this is only to be hoped for on certain conditions, namely, our lively faith, and fincere and hearty endeavours to obey his will; on the performance or neglect whereof depend our eternal happinefs and mifery: therefore it is of the greateft importance for us to inquire, what that faith is, and what thofe feveral things are to which God requires our obedience.