In an attempt to begin 2017 by committing ourselves to godliness in our lives, we have been considering the resolutions that Jonathan Edwards made to himself in his own personal quest for godliness. This is Day 4. Here are the next 10 resolutions:
"31. Resolved, never to say anything at all against anybody,
but when it is perfectly agreeable to the highest degree of Christian honor,
and of love to mankind, agreeable to the lowest humility, and sense of my own
faults and failings, and agreeable to the Golden Rule; often, when I have said
anything against anyone, to bring it to, and try it strictly by the test of
this Resolution.
32. Resolved, to be strictly and firmly faithful to my
trust, that that in Proverbs 20:6, "A faithful man who can
find?" may not be partly fulfilled in me.
33. Resolved, always to do what I can towards making,
maintaining and establishing peace, when it can be without
over-balancing detriment in other respects.
34. Resolved, in narrations never to speak anything but the
pure and simple verity.
35. Resolved, whenever I so much question whether I have
done my duty, as that my quiet and calm is thereby disturbed, to set it down,
and also how the question was resolved.
36. Resolved, never to speak evil of any, except I have some
particular good call for it.
37. Resolved, to inquire every night, as I am going to bed,
wherein I have been negligent, what sin I have committed, and wherein I have
denied myself: also at the end of every week, month and year.
39. Resolved, never to do anything that I so much question
the lawfulness of, as that I intend, at the same time, to consider and examine
afterwards, whether it be lawful or no: except I as much question the lawfulness
of the omission.
40. Resolved, to inquire every night, before I go to bed,
whether I have acted in the best way I possibly could, with respect to eating
and drinking."
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