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Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /
Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume / by several ministers in and about London, preached in October, 1689.
London: printed by James Astwood for John Dunton, 1690
Sermon 16: Quest. How may we enquire after News not as Athenians but as Christians; for the better…
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They who have any ability and power in their hand to do good, to help the Church of God, or any part of it under distress; proportionably every one of them are to awaken their Enquiries after the state of the Church, and set themselves with diligence to relieve it: And since we may, (as 'tis our duty) Praise God for his Mercy showed to the Church, and pray for Mercy when wanted, we should know by Enquiry what is our Duty herein. So then by this we may see 'tis the particular Office of some to Enquire, and ought to be the Care of all in their places to know, what the Church needs, and they ought to do for it.
They who have any ability and power in their hand to do good, to help the Church of God, or any part of it under distress; proportionably every one of them are to awaken their Enquiries after the state of the Church, and set themselves with diligence to releive it: And since we may, (as 'tis our duty) Praise God for his Mercy shew'd to the Church, and pray for Mercy when wanted, we should know by Enquiry what is our Duty herein. So then by this we may see 'tis the particular Office of some to Enquire, and ought to be the Care of all in their places to know, what the Church needs, and they ought to do for it.
But none may Enquire like the Athenians. Into which we must Enquire now, and pray the Liberty of making discovery of this, by what helps we can meet with, both from Human and Sacred Testimony, what they were,1 &c.
- 1Incepit regnum Atheniensium A. M. 2496. ante C. N. 1553. Hottom. Lexic. univers. ad voc. Athenae.