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Power is God's hand or arm, omniscience His eye, mercy His bowels, eternity His duration, but holiness is His beauty
God's Attributes0Let prayer be the key to open the morning and the bar to shut the evening.
Prayer0What the moral law is, I will describe in three points: first, it is that part of God's Word, concerning righteousness and godliness, which was written in Adam's mind by the gift of creation; and the remnants of it be in every man by the light of nature, in regard whereof, it binds all men. Secondly, it commands perfect obedience, both inward in thought and affection, and outward in speech and action. Thirdly, it binds to the curse and punishment everyone that fails in the least duty thereof, though but once, and that in thought only: 'Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the law to do them' (Gal. 3:10). The sum of the moral law is propound in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments, which many can repeat, but few do understand.The Works of William Perkins, (1:243–44).
The Works of William Perkins, (1:243–44).Ten Commandments, The Law0Set up and maintain the private worship of God in your family.
Family Worship0The lesser we discern pride in ourselves the more it reigns in our hearts.
Pride0The same decree of God, is the first and principal working cause of all things; it is also before all other causes, in order and time. For with God's decree, his will is always annexed, by which he can willingly effect what he has decreed. And it would be a sign of impotence to decree anything which he could not willingly compass. And with God's will is conjoined an effectual power, by which the Lord can bring to pass whatever he has freely decreed.
https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/perkins/A%20Golden%20Chain%20-%20William%20Perkins.pdfGod's Decree0the Lord, according to his good pleasure, has most certainly
decreed both every thing and action — whether past, present, or to come — together with their circumstances of place, time, means, and end.
God's Sovereignty, God's Decree0God wills that which is good, by approving it; that which is evil — in as much as it is evil — by disallowing and forsaking it. And yet, He voluntarily permits evil, because it is good that there should be evil.
Providence, Suffering, Evil, God's Will0The sum of the sum, preach one Christ by Christ to the praise of Christ.
Preaching0The word of God must be our rule and square whereby we are to frame and fashion all our actions
Scripture, Authority0[theology:] the science of living blessedly forever
Theology, Doctrine0The Word of God alone is to be preached, in it's perfection and inner consistency.The Art of Prophesying
The Art of ProphesyingPreaching0