Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse IX · §44 · John Wesley

The care of the head

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It is good and acceptable to God that we should so take thought concerning whatever we have in hand as to have a clear comprehension of what we are about to do, and to plan our business before we enter upon it. And it is right that we should carefully consider from time to time what steps we are to take in it, as well as that we should prepare all things beforehand for the carrying it on in the most effectual manner. This care, termed by some the care of the head, it was by no means our Lord's design to condemn.

1771 text

It is good and acceptable to God, that we should so take thought concerning whatever we have in hand, as to have a clear comprehension of what we are about to do, and to plan our business before we enter upon it. And it is right that we should carefully consider from time to time, what steps we are to take therein; as well as that we should prepare all things before hand, for the carrying it on in the most effectual manner. This care termed by some, “The care of the head,” it was by no means our Lord’s design to condemn.

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The ninth sermon on the Sermon on the Mount, on Matthew 6:24-34: no one can serve God and mammon, so take no anxious thought and seek first the kingdom of God.

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Sermon 29 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:24-34.

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