Sermons volume 1
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Exclude joy from religion, and you leave no other motives to it, except compulsion and interest. But are these suitable grounds on which to rest the whole of our obedi- ence to the Supreme Being ? My son, give me thy heart, is the call of God. Surely if there be no pleasure in fulfilling his com- mands, the heart is not given him ; and, in that case, the rjiulti- tude of sacrifices and burnt offerings is brought to his altar in vain.
As religion, destitute of joy, is imperfect in its principle ...; sOj in practice it must be unstable. In vain you endeavour 1o fix any man to the regular performance of that in which he finds no pleasure. Bind him ever so fast by interest or fear, he will contrive some method of eluding the obligation. Ingenuity is never so fertile of evasions as wdiere pleasure is all on the one side, and mere precept on the other. He may study to save ap- pearances. He may dissemble and constrain himself. But his heart revolts in secret; and the weight of inclination will, in the end, draw the practice after it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Exclude joy from religion, and you leave no other motives to it, except compulsion and interest. But are these suitable grounds on which to rest the whole of our obedi- ence to the Supreme Being ? My son, give me thy heart, is the call of God. Surely if there be no pleasure in fulfilling his com- mands, the heart is not given him ; and, in that case, the rjiulti- tude of sacrifices and burnt offerings is brought to his altar in vain.
As religion, destitute of joy, is imperfect in its principle ...; sOj in practice it must be unstable. In vain you endeavour 1o fix any man to the regular performance of that in which he finds no pleasure. Bind him ever so fast by interest or fear, he will contrive some method of eluding the obligation. Ingenuity is never so fertile of evasions as wdiere pleasure is all on the one side, and mere precept on the other. He may study to save ap- pearances. He may dissemble and constrain himself. But his heart revolts in secret; and the weight of inclination will, in the end, draw the practice after it.
What to read after Sermons volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Hugh Blair to read onlineMoreLess
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