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all things, as Paul did, as of God, in the sight of God, 2 Cor. ii. 17. Now he who so walketh that he always observeth God's presence, and keepeth him still in his view in the course of his life, not only with a general and habitual, but, as much as he can, with an actual intention to please and glorify God, this man may be said to walk with God.

Thus you may know when you walk with God: (1.) When you daily go on to repent of sins past, believe in Jesus Christ for pardon, and believe his word for direction. (2.) When you walk not according to the will of man, but of God. (3.) When you walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (4.) When you set God before you, and walk as in his sight, then you walk with, before, after, and according to God: for all these are understood in one sense.

That you may walk with God, consider these arguments further to convince and induce you:

SECT. 2. REASONS WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD WALK WITH GOD.

First, You are commanded to walk as Christ walked, 1 John ii. 6; and it concerns you so to do, if you would approve yourself to be a member of his body: for it is monstrous, nay, impossible, that the head should go one way, and the body another. Now our Saviour himself observed all these methods of walking with God, justifying faith and repentance only excepted, because he was without sin.

Secondly, It is all which the Lord requireth of you, for all his love and goodness showed unto you, in creating, preserving, redeeming, and saving you. For what doth the Lord require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah vi. 8.

Thirdly, If you walk with God, and keep close to him, you will be sure to go in the right way, in that good old way, Jer. vi. 16, which is called the way of holiness, Isa. xxxv. 8; in a most straight, Prov. iii. 17,