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A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the…
A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadful condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and persuading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to householders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshua's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadfull condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and perswading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to housholders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshuah's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.
London: printed for George Sawbridge, 1668
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CHAP. XIX. Showeth the singular good things which the Regenerate ought to do above others.
CHAP. XIX. Sheweth the singular good things which the Regenerate ought to do aboue others.
I. TO make Conscience of their precious time, and to improve it to the best advantage. Carnal men make little or no conscience of spending their time to any good advantage. Oh the many golden hours, and days, and weeks, and years, that thousands of them spend, who yet cannot give the least account, wherein they have done any thing which tends to the glory of God, the good of others, or the furthering their own Salvation! Their minds are so much set upon their carnal lusts and pleasures, that their chief care is, not so much how to improve their time; as how they may pass it away in mirth and jollity. That which when it is once gone, all the World will not buy it back, what a cheap thing is it accounted? But oh how doth it concern such, whom God hath called, to prize the time which he is pleased to afford unto them! and to be careful in improving the same to some good advantage! yea to gather up the fragments of time, every inch of it, that nothing may be lost. We cannot well spare one spare hour. O make the best of thy day. To this end,
I. TO make Conscience of their precious time, and to improve it to the best advantage. Carnal men make little or no conscience of spending their time to any good advantage. Oh the many golden hours, and dayes, and weeks, and years, that thousands of them spend, who yet cannot give the least account, wherein they have done any thing which tends to the glory of God, the good of others, or the farthering their own Salvation! Their minds are so much set upon their carnal lusts and pleasures, that their chief care is, not so much how to improve their time; as how they may pass it away in mirth and jollity. That which when it is once gone, all the World will not buy it back, what a cheap thing is it accounted? But oh how doth it concern such, whom God hath called, to prize the time which he is pleased to afford unto them! and to be carefull in improving the same to some good advantage! yea to gather up the fragments of time, every inch of it, that nothing may be lost. We cannot well spare one spare hour. O make the best of thy day. To this end,