Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated…

The First Excuse.

One man doth so Excuse himself. I want Time for Family-prayer; especially in a Morning, I can't spare the Time.

This is a most horrid and wicked Excuse. Thou Madman, From Whom hast thou all thy Time? All thy Time is given by God, and shall None of thy Time be given to God? What, No Time to pray with thy Family? God •uowes thou canst find time to eat with thy family, time to sleep with thy family, perhaps, time to smoke with thy family; and no Time to pray with •em? Once more,

This is a most horrrid and wicked Excuse. Thou Madman, From Whom hast thou all thy Time? All thy Time is given by God, and shall None of thy Time be given to God? What, No Time to pray with thy Family? God •uowes thou canst find time to eat with thy family, time to sleep with thy family, perhaps, time to smoke with thy family; and no Time to pray with •em? Once more,

What is it that does engross thy Time, and put by thy Prayer? Tis the World, the World! And is that such a Portion indeed, as to bespeak thy Contempt of an Eternal GOD, and of an immortal Soul, in the pursuance of it. Thou shalt quickly take an everlasting Farewell of all this World; This World will not stand thee in any stead ere long, when thy Soul, thy Soul shall e trembling on thy cold lips, just ready (as the Atheist said) to ake a great leap in the Dark. Yea, That very Day, wherein thou goest abroad without thy Family Prayers, may prove