The good way is the old way; or the love of novelty in religion censured. A sermon preached in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital, on ... October 10th, 1830 / [Alfred Williams].

  • Williams, Alfred
Date:
1830
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Credit: The good way is the old way; or the love of novelty in religion censured. A sermon preached in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital, on ... October 10th, 1830 / [Alfred Williams]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion should not be rashly formed—it should not be the fruit of prejudice, caprice, or feeling. If in any matter a sober exercise of the judg¬ ment is required, it is especially demanded of us in the choice of religious principles where error of any sort may be fatal to the peace and salvation of the soul. For, if by the expression there is but one faith,* the apostle St. Paul means there is but one saving faith to Chris- tians: it is clear that whoever, for whatever cause, professes not that faith, cannot be walk¬ ing in the road which, by divine appoint¬ ment, leads to life eternal. We come, then, to the all-important inquiries: What rule is there enabling the Christian to form a safe decision ? What evidences does he possess that there is one way of religion to be infinitely preferred before the rest ? He cannot know, (in the highest sense of knowledge, or otherwise than upon the authority of divine revelation) the certain issue of any course of faith and practice which he may adopt. A degree of doubt, be it the faintest imaginable, attends us to the grave. How, then, can this uncer¬ tainty be rendered the least possible? In the * Eph. iv. 5.