Christian Classics
‹ Private Thoughts Upon Religion and a Christian Life; to which is Added the Necessity and Advantage of Frequent Communion. Volume I.
Contents
Introductory Essay.Introductory.Introductory. · Article I.Introductory. · Article II.Introductory. · Article III.Introductory. · Article IV.Introductory. · Article V.Introductory. · Article VI.Introductory. · Article VII.Introductory. · Article VIII.Introductory. · Article IX.Introductory. · Article X.Introductory. · Article XI.Introductory. · Article XII.Introduction.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Introduction.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Introduction.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Resolution IV.Resolution V.Introduction.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Resolution IV.Resolution V.Resolution VI.Resolution VII.Introduction.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Resoluton IV.Resolution V.Concerning My Actions.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Resolution IV.Resolution V.Concerning My Relations.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Resolution IV.Resolution V.Resolution VI.Concerning My Talents.Resolution I.Resolution II.Resolution III.Resolution IV.Resolution V.Resolution VI.Thoughts Upon Christian Education.Thoughts Upon the Knowledge of God.

William Beveridge · 19 of 64

Introduction.

CONCERNING MY IN GENERAL.

HAVING thus far determined in general, to form resolutions for the better regulating of my life, I must now descend to particulars, and settle some rules with myself, to resolve my future life and wholly into and religion. I know this is a hard task to do; but I am sure, it is no more than what my God and my Father has set me; why therefore should I think much to do it? Shall I grudge to spend my life for him, who did not grudge to spend his own blood for me? Shall not I so live that he may be glorified here on earth, who died that I might be glorified in heaven, especially considering, that if my whole life could be sublimated into , and moulded into an exact conformity unto the will of the Most High, I should be happy beyond expression? Oh, what a heaven should I then have on earth! What ravishments of love and joy would my soul be continually possessed with! Well; I am resolved by the of God, to try; and to that end do, this morning, wholly sequester and set myself apart for God, resolving, by the assistance of his , to make all and every thought, word, and action, to pay their tribute unto him. Let this man mind his profit; a second, his pleasures; a third, his honours; a fourth, himself; and all, their sins; I am resolved to mind and serve my God, so as to make him the Alpha and Omega, the first and last of my whole life. And, that I may always have an exact copy before me, to write and frame every letter of this my life by: