the Third Week after Easter
Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Walk before me, as in my presence, and be thou perfect. Genesis 17:1. Fear God, and keep his commandments, all, not one accepted, for this is the whole duty of all men. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
Consequently, all such things as are now called indifferent, in their nature, will also be arraigned and not judged indifferent, but either actually good or actually evil.
O! the prodigious harm that is done by this false doctrine of innocent things! It opens the door to innumerable sins. For though our conscience often tells us, that we should not do such things, as are not actually good; yet presently, the innocence is pleaded, it is called a harmless thing; which though it could not be said to be good, yet it was not evil, neither, but quite indifferent in its nature. Thousands are drawn into the snares of the devil.
O Lord, grant that all my works be done unto thee, and in thy presence, agreeable to thy commandments, that even my leaves may not wither, and whatsoever I do may prosper and abide for ever.
Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand:
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Wherever I rove, wherever I rest,
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
