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Sermon I.
ON THE DUTY OF FREQUENT PUBLIC WORSHIP.
Luke xxiv. 52, 53.—And they worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Heb. x. 25.—Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
In the work of self-examination it is not only necessary for us to compare our lives with what we at present think is right, and in accordance with the Will of God, but also to consider whether our views of duty are true and Scriptural. A man may think himself right, when he is wrong; he may "think that he is doing God service,"[1] when, in fact, he is fighting against God; or, may think himself entirely guiltless, when, in the sight of God, he is gravely in fault. When the light of God breaks in, even the holiest and wisest of un-inspired men sees that, in many things, God's law is more strict and holy than he had imagined by nature.
- ↑ John xvi. 2.
