Wandering from the point
Widely different from these are the other sort of wandering thoughts, in which the heart does not wander from God, but the understanding wanders from the particular point it had then in view. For instance: I sit down to consider those words in the verse preceding the text: The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God (2 Corinthians 10:4). I think: This ought to be the case with all who are called Christians. But how far is it otherwise? Look round into almost every part of what is termed the Christian world! What manner of weapons are these using? In what kind of warfare are they engaged,
1771 text
4. Widely different from these are the other sort of wandering thoughts: in which the heart does not wander from God, but the understanding wanders from the particular point it had then in view. For instance: I sit down to consider those words in the verse preceeding the text, The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty thro’ God. I think, “This ought to be the case with all that are called Christians. But how far is it otherwise? Look round into almost every part of what is termed the Christian world! What manner of weapons are these using? In what kind of warfare are they engaged,
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 41 in the 1771 Works. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5.
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