With our eye on him
I am in the last place to show in what manner we are to fast, that it may be an acceptable service to the Lord. And first, let it be done to the Lord, with our eye singly fixed on him. Let our intention in this be this, and this alone: to glorify our Father who is in heaven, to express our sorrow and shame for our manifold transgressions of his holy law, to wait for an increase of purifying grace, drawing our affections to things above, to add seriousness and earnestness to our prayers, to avert the wrath of God, and to obtain all the great and precious promises which he has made to us in Christ Jesus (2 Peter 1:4).
1771 text
IV. 1. I am in the last place, to shew, In what manner we are to fast, that it may be an acceptable service unto the Lord. And, first, let it be done unto the Lord, with our eye singly fixed on him. Let our intention herein be this, and this alone, to glorify our Father which is in heaven: to express our sorrow and shame, for our manifold transgressions of his holy law: to wait for an increase of purifying grace, drawing our affections to things above: to add seriousness and earnestness to our prayers: to avert the wrath of God, and to obtain all the great and precious promises, which he hath made to us in Christ Jesus.
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Sermon 27 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:16-18.
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