Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse VIII · §16 · John Wesley

Any other end than God

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Our eye therefore is evil if in anything we do we aim at any other end than God, if we have any view but to know and to love God, to please and serve him in all things, if we have any other design than to enjoy God, to be happy in him both now and forever.

1771 text

Our eye therefore is evil, if in any thing we do, we aim at any other end than God; if we have any view, but to know and to love God, to please and serve him in all things: if we have any other design than to enjoy God, to be happy in him both now and for ever.

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The eighth sermon on the Sermon on the Mount, on Matthew 6:19-23: treasures on earth and in heaven, and the single eye of a pure intention.

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Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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Sermon 28 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:19-23.

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