Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /

USE.

1. To condemn those, who do not make conscience of the Worship of God. There are an irreligious sort of Men, that never call upon him, in public, or in private; in the Family, or in the Closet; but wholly forget the God that made them, at whose expense they are maintained and kept. Wherefore had you reasonable Souls, but to praise, honour and glorify your Creator? Surely if God be your God, that is, your ⟨p. 175⟩Creator and Preserver, the duty will presently fall upon you, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. If you believe there is a God, why do not you call upon him? the neglect of his worship argueth doubting thoughts of his Being. For if there be such a supreme Lord, to whom one day you must give an account, how dare you live without him in the World? all the Creatures glorify him passively, but you have a heart and a tongue to glorify him actually. Man is the mouth of the Creation, to return to God the praise of all that Wisdom, Goodness and Power, which is seen in the things that are made. Now you should make one among the worshippers of God. An Heathen could say, si essem luscinia, &c. Are you a Christian, and have such advantages to know more of God? And will you be dumb and tongue-tied in his praises?

1. To condemn those, who do not make conscience of the Worship of God. There are an irreligious sort of Men, that never call upon him, in publick, or in private; in the Family, or in the Closet; but wholly forget the God that made them, at whose expence they are maintained and kept. Wherefore had you reasonable Souls, but to praise, honour and glorifie your Creator? Surely if God be your God, that is, your ⟨p. 175⟩Creator and Preserver, the duty will presently fall upon you, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. If you believe there is a God, why do not you call upon him? the neglect of his worship argueth doubting thoughts of his Being. For if there be such a supream Lord, to whom one day you must give an account, how dare you live without him in the World? all the Creatures glorifie him passively, but you have a heart and a tongue to glorifie him actually. Man is the mouth of the Creation, to return to God the praise of all that Wisdom, Goodness and Power, which is seen in the things that are made. Now you should make one among the worshippers of God. An Heathen could say, si essem luscinia, &c. Are you a Christian, and have such advantages to know more of God? And will you be dumb and tongue-tyed in his praises?