No rest in either
Does not every man see that he cannot comfortably serve both? That to trim between God and the world is the sure way to be disappointed in both and to have no rest either in one or the other? How uncomfortable a condition must he be in who, having the fear but not the love of God, who serving him but not with all his heart, has only the toils and not the joys of religion? He has religion enough to make him miserable but not enough to make him happy. His religion will not let him enjoy the world, and the world will not let him enjoy God. So that by halting between both he loses both and has no peace either in God or the world.
1771 text
12. *Does not every man see, that he cannot comfortably serve both? That to trim between God and the world, is the sure way to be disappointed in both, and to have no rest either in one or the other? How uncomfortable a condition must he be in, who having the fear but not the love of God, who serving him, but not with all his heart, has only the toils and not the joys of religion? He has religion enough to make him miserable, but not enough to make him happy: his religion will not let him enjoy the world; and the world will not let him enjoy God. So that by halting between both he loses both, and has no peace either in God or the world.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 29 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:24-34.
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