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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.
CHAP. III. Sect 1. That it is our duty to attend upon the Lord without Distractions. Proved, 1. From the Possibility of it, by four Arguments. 25. Sect 2. 2. From the Necessity of it. 29. 1. To the Being of a Duty. ibid. 2. To Comfort in a Duty. 30. 3. To the Prosperity of a Duty. 31. 4. To Communion with Christ in a Duty. 32.
CHAP. IV. Sect. 1. Reasons of the Doctrine. 1. From the Nature of God. His 1. Greatness. 35. 2. Holiness. 36. 3. Omniscience. 37. Sect. 2. 2. From the Nature of his Worship. Being 1. Reasonable. 40. 2. Spiritual. 41. 3. Sweet. 42. Sect. 3. 3. From the Nature of our Condition here. 1. We cannot live without God. 43. 2. Our only way of communion is by Ordinances. ibid. 3. All our heart and strength is too little for this work. 45. Sect. 4. 4. From the Nature of Distractions. 1. They divide the Heart. 46. 2. They frustrate the Duty. 47. 3. They contract more Guilt. 48.
CHAP. V. Sect. 1. Objections answered. 1. About its Impossibility. 50. Sect. 2. 2. About its Difficulty. 53. Sect. 3. 3. From their Commonness. 58. Sect. 4. 4. From Gods accepting the will for the deed. 61.