To obey him
One thing more we are to understand by serving God, and that is the obeying him, the glorifying him with our bodies as well as with our spirits (1 Corinthians 6:20), the keeping his outward commandments, the zealously doing whatever he has enjoined, the carefully avoiding whatever he has forbidden, the performing all the ordinary actions of life with a single eye and a pure heart, offering them all in holy, fervent love as sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ.
1771 text
7. One thing more we are to understand by serving God, and that is, the obeying him; the glorifying him with our bodies, as well as with our spirits: the keeping his outward commandments: the zealously doing whatever he hath enjoined, the carefully avoiding whatever he hath forbidden: the performing all the ordinary actions of life, with a single eye and a pure heart; offering them all in holy, fervent love, as sacrifices to God, through Jesus Christ.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 29 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:24-34.
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