...So that the maxim of our text, is one of the plainest and most obvious principles of common sense. It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, his entirely right and proper, that men should always feel deeply and powerfully, when Religion Hot...

...zealously affect you, but 17 not well ; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. But 18 it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. My little children, of whom I travail in 19 birth again, until...

...enthusiast. In its original meaning, the word has a very favourable sense, and implies, that, by a divine influence upon the soul, a man is filled with an ardour...affected always in a good thing ;" and if our ardour of BOtl! be from the Spirit of God, according to the revealed will of God, and for the glory of God, it...

...of God the end, must take the word of God for the rule, of his actions. We are told, indeed, that " it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing;"* and we readily subscribe to the doctrine. We are, moreover, exhorted by the Apostle to " contend earnestly...

...'injunctions as these : " Let all your things be done with charity : let not your good be evil spoken of : it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing : be careful to maintain good works : be not wise in your own conceits ;" and many more that might...

...with the spirit of meekness, 1 Cor. 4: 21. as christians ought to do. I confess with the apostle, " It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing," Gal. 4: 18. But yet, as the same apostle said of the Jews, so, I fear, I may say of some christians,...

...disturbance ? Excitement on such a subject as this is good and commendable. An apostle has said, " It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing." And what better thing can awaken the zeal, and engage the warm efforts of Christians, than the purification...

...A spurious zeal in the cause of religion, is mistaken by some as an evidence of vital piety That " it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing," is the declaration of an apostle.* And that * Gal. iv. 18. it is always a most unpromising and suspicious...

...to the knowledge and the enjoyment of God, they think even the smallest ardour is misplaced. But " it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing :" and, if the measure of David's desire was right, then should not ours stop short of his. When we can explore...

...to walk after this rule is to ensure present and everlasting peace.] 2. Be wisely righteous — [" It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing;" and to " maintain a conscience void of offence towards both God and man." But we are far from recommending...