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1 | Our Appetite | John 4:32 | DocTrinsograce | 219773 | ||
"In a word, what our blessed Savior said of Himself, is in some measure applicable to His followers, that it is their meat and drink to do their Father's will: and as the natural appetite is carried out toward food, though we should not reflect on the necessity of it for the preservation of our lives; so are they carried with a natural and unforced propensity toward that which is commendable. It is true, external motives are many times of great use to excite and stir up this inward principle, especially in its infancy and weakness, when it is often so languid that the man himself cannot discern it, hardly being able to move one step forward, but when he is pushed by his hopes or his fears; by the pressure of an affliction, or the sense of a mercy; by the authority of the law, or the persuasion of others. Now, if such a person be conscientious and uniform in his obedience, and earnestly groaning under the sense of his dullness, and is desirous to perform his duties with more spirit and vigor; these are the first motions of the divine life, which though it be faint and weak, will surely be cherished by influences of heaven, and grow into greater maturity. But he who is utterly destitute of this inward principle, and doth not aspire unto it, but contents himself with those performances whereunto he is prompted by education or custom, by fear of hell or carnal notions of heaven, can no more be accounted a religious person, than a puppet can be called a man." --Henry Scougal | ||||||
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