A25478:1522
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Sermon 15 › Question 1 › Argument 2 › Proposition 5 › Position 4: Position 4.
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Of this sort were the Teraphim, an Idol or Image made for mens private use in their own houses: Laban had such household Gods, Gen. 31.19, 30. Why hast thou stolen away my Gods? By this you see that the Light of Nature doth dictate household worship to be given to God, and the Heathens did it to their false Gods: And if you, called Christians, will not in your houses jointly pray unto the true God, let the Heathens stand up as witnesses against you. However take this Argument containing the sum of the five foregoing Propositions.
Of this sort were the Teraphim, an Idol or Image made for mens private use in their own houses: Laban had such houshold Gods, Gen. 31.19, 30. Why hast thou stollen away my Gods? By this you see that the Light of Nature doth dictate houshold worship to be given to God, and the Heathens did it to their false Gods: And if you, called Christians, will not in your houses jointly pray unto the true God, let the Heathens stand up as witnesses against you. However take this Argument containing the sum of the five foregoing Propositions.
2. Arg. If all men are bound to take God for their Ruler, governing them by a Law written in their hearts, which doth dictate to them that there is a God, and jointly to be prayed unto in mens Families, then it is their duty so to do. (The reason of this is, because if they be bound to do it, and do it not, they sin.) But all men are bound to take God for their Ruler (as in the first Proposition is shown) governing them by a Law (as in the (second) ⟨p. 310⟩written in their hearts (as in the third) which doth dictate to them that God is (as in the fourth) and to be jointly prayed to in their Families (as in the fifth). Therefore it is their duty so to do.
2. Arg. If all men are bound to take God for their Ruler, governing them by a Law writen in their hearts, which doth dictate to them that there is a God, and jointly to be prayed unto in mens Families, then it is their duty so to do. (The reason of this is, because if they be bound to do it, and do it not, they sin.) But all men are bound to take God for their Ruler (as in the first Proposition is shewn) governing them by a Law (as in the (second)