...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...

...soul, a man is filled with an ardour and warmth of zeal in the cause in which he is engaged. Now, " it is good to be zealously 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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...reference 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...

...They zealously affect you, but not well ; yea, they would exclude- you, that ye might affect them. 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when 1 am present with you. PARAPHRASE. 12 I beseech you, hrethren, let you and I be as...

...it is directed. Hence the Apostle limits his commendation of it by this particular consideration ; " It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing." If exercised in a bad cause, it only precipitates a person to the commission of greater evil : but,...

...accounted by the world no better than folly and madness, yet we are assured from divine authority, that " it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing." It is in a good thing only that zeal is good. In an evil thing, it is exceedingly evil ; as on the...