The Original, Nature, Property and Use of the Law · §30 · John Wesley

Sweeter than honey

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And this law which the goodness of God gave at first and has preserved through all ages, is, like the fountain from which it springs, full of goodness and benignity: It is mild and kind; it is (as the Psalmist expresses it) sweeter than honey and the honey-comb (Psalm 19:10). It is winning and amiable. It includes whatever things are lovely or of good report. If there is any virtue, if there is any praise before God and his holy angels, they are all comprised in this: wherein are hidden all the treasures of the divine wisdom and knowledge and love.

1771 text

11. And this law which the goodness of God gave at first and has preserved through all ages, is, like the fountain from whence it springs, full of goodness and benignity: It is mild and kind; it is (as the Psalmist expresses it) sweeter than honey and the honey-comb. It is winning and amiable. It includes whatsoever things are lovely or of good report. If there be any virtue, if there be any praise before God and his holy angels, they are all comprized in this: wherein are hid all the treasures of the divine wisdom and knowledge and love.

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On Romans 7:12: where the moral law came from, why it is holy, just and good, and what it is for.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

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Sermon 34 in the 1771 Works. Romans 7:12.

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