A61386:172
An antidote against distractions, or, An endeavour to serve the church, in the daily…An antidote against distractions, or, An indeavour to serve the church, in the daily…
An antidote against distractions, or, An endeavour to serve the church, in the daily case of wanderings in the worship of God by Richard Steele M.A. and minister of the Gospel.An antidote against distractions, or, An indeavour to serve the church, in the daily case of wandrings in the worship of God by Richard Steele M.A. and minister of the Gospel.
London: printed for Elizabeth Calvert, 1667
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Answ. 3. The hearts of men are of a different temper, and so are their occasions; ⟨p. 79⟩the hearts of some are always in heaven, or else within a Call: they are, as the Apostle speaks, Tit. 3.1. Ready to every good work. When a duty of Piety is offered, they are ready; when an object of charity is proposed, they are ready to distribute. And this present Spirit is a great blessing, when Holiness is so rooted and framed upon the heart, that God's Worship is their Element: the hearts of others, through custom and supine negligence, abide at great distance from God; no little ado will raise them, nor will they be fetched in with many calls; like a great Bell, hard to be raised: and as these have a greater unhappiness, so they have need of more pains to fit them for God's service.*
Answ. 3. The hearts of men are of a different temper, and so are their occasions; ⟨p. 79⟩the hearts of some are always in heaven, or else within a Call: they are, as the Apostle speaks, Tit. 3.1. Ready to every good work. When a duty of Piety is offered, they are ready; when an object of charity is proposed, they are ready to distribute. And this present Spirit is a great blessing, when Holiness is so rooted and framed upon the heart, that God's Worship is their Element: the hearts of others, through custom and supine negligence, abide at great distance from God; no little ado will raise them, nor will they be fetch'd in with many calls; like a great Bell, hard to be raised: and as these have a greater unhappiness, so they have need of more pains to fit them for God's service.*
- *In such case Meditation, like a dish of water, may set the Pump a going; yea, foul water may bring up fair water. B. Hall.