The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and…The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and…

What is the reason that so few Gentlemen, Citizens, and Ministers; appear for the things of Christ? that so many silence themselves, and suffer Religion to be almost lost, and yet dare not appear for it? Why is it that our Lectures are so little frequented in most places• that many think nothing too much to give to their […], but any thing too much for their Minister? that […] Master will be very exact to see his servant do his business upon the week da•es, but indulge him to do what he will upon the Lord• day? Is it not because all men seek their own and not the things of Jesus Christ?

What is the reason that so few Gentlemen, Citizens, and Ministers; appeare for the things of Christ? that so many silence themselves, and suffer Religion to be almost lost, and yet dare not appeare for it? Why is it that our Lectures are so little frequented in most places• that many think nothing too much to give to their 〈…〉, but any thing too much for their Minister? that 〈…〉 Master will be very exact to see his servant do his business upon the week da•es, but indulge him to do what he will upon the Lord• day? Is it not because all men seek their own and not the things of Jesus Christ?

What is the reason that the things of the Church drive on so slowly, like the Egyptian Chariots, when the wheels ⟨p. 21⟩were taken off? what is the reason that there is so much oppression and injustice in places of judicature? So much cozenage and false dealing in our commerce one with another, in a word, what is the cause of all our miseries both in Church and State? Is it not because all men seek their own, and not the thin•s of Jesus Christ? thus you have the greatness and the mischievousness of this sinful self-seeking. So much for the Explication of the Doctrine, I come now to the Application.