Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse VIII · §16

Any other end than God

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Our eye therefore is evil if in anything we do we aim at any other end than God, if we have any view but to know and to love God, to please and serve him in all things, if we have any other design than to enjoy God, to be happy in him both now and forever.

1771 text

Our eye therefore is evil, if in any thing we do, we aim at any other end than God; if we have any view, but to know and to love God, to please and serve him in all things: if we have any other design than to enjoy God, to be happy in him both now and for ever.

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Sermon 28 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:19-23.

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