Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

II. If you would Enquire as Christians ought, to affect your hearts in order to pray or praise God for the Church, Let your Thoughts be much upon the Importance of what is reported to you. Weigh well what influence the New things are likely to have on the good or evil, to the comfort or the discomfort of the Church-Catholic, or any particular Churches near to or far from you. Nehemiah no doubt weighed the importance of the News brought to him from Jerusalem; and it was thought reasonable that Israel in Egypt on the first appearance of Moses, should have considered what Importance it was to see such a Man as Moses was, how likely he might be to bring them out. When the Edict for Israel's return out of Captivity was first spread as good News to the Jews, none of them resented it aright who considered only his personal advantage by it. They prayed and praised God aright who looked into the Import of it to the whole Church.

II. If you would Enquire as Christians ought, to affect your hearts in order to pray or praise God for the Church, Let your Thoughts be much upon the Importance of what is reported to you. Weigh well what influence the New things are likely to have on the good or evil, to the comfort or the discomfort of the Church-Catholick, or any particular Churches near to or far from you. Nehemiah no doubt weigh'd the importance of the News brought to him from Jerusalem; and it was thought reasonable that Israel in Egypt on the first appearance of Moses, should have considered what Importance it was to see such a Man as Moses was, how likely he might be to bring them out. When the Edict for Israel's return out of Captivity was first spread as good News to the Jews, none of them resented it aright who considered only his personal advantage by it. They pray'd and prais'd God aright who look't into the Import of it to the whole Church.

The News of the death of Ahaz, and Succession of Hezekiah is not enquired after till the certainty of the Reformation of Religion, and the great change for the better in the Church is looked into.

The News of the death of Ahaz, and Succession of Hezekiah is not enquired after till the certainty of the Reformation of Religion, and the great change for the better in the Church is lookt into.