Full of uncertainty
If your eye is not singly fixed on God, your whole body shall be full of darkness. The veil shall still remain on your heart (2 Corinthians 3:15). Your mind shall be more and more blinded by the god of this world, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ should shine upon you (2 Corinthians 4:4). You will be full of ignorance and error touching the things of God, not being able to receive or discern them. And even when you have some desire to serve God, you will be full of uncertainty as to the manner of serving him, finding doubts and difficulties on every side and not seeing any way to escape.
1771 text
7. If thine eye be not singly fixt on God, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. The veil shall still remain on thy heart. Thy mind shall be more and more blinded, by the God of this world, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ should shine upon thee. Thou wilt be full of ignorance and error touching the things of God, not being able to receive or discern them. And even when thou hast some desire to serve God, thou wilt be full of uncertainty as to the manner of serving him; finding doubts and difficulties on every side, and not seeing any way to escape.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 28 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:19-23.
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