The witness of our own conscience
Now this is properly the testimony of our own spirit, even the testimony of our own conscience, that God has given us to be holy of heart and holy in outward conduct. It is a consciousness of our having received, in and by the Spirit of adoption, the tempers mentioned in the word of God as belonging to his adopted children: a loving heart toward God and toward all mankind, hanging with childlike confidence on God our Father, desiring nothing but him, casting all our care upon him, and embracing every child of man with earnest, tender affection.
It is a consciousness that we are inwardly conformed by the Spirit of God to the image of his Son, and that we walk before him in justice, mercy, and truth, doing the things which are pleasing in his sight.
1771 text
6. Now this is properly the testimony of our own spirit; even the testimony of our own conscience, that God hath given us to be holy of heart, and holy in outward conversation. It is a consciousness of our having received, in and by the Spirit of adoption, the tempers mentioned in the word of God, as belonging to his adopted children; even, a loving heart toward God and toward all mankind, hanging with child-like confidence on God our father, desiring nothing but him, casting all our care upon him, and embracing every child of man, with earnest, tender affection: a consciousness, that we are inwardly conformed, by the Spirit of God to the image of his Son, and that we walk before him in justice, mercy and truth, doing the things which are pleasing in his sight.
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Sermon 10 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:16. The first discourse on the witness of the Spirit.
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