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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. 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.
CHAP. VI. The Causes of Distractions in God's Worship. Sect. 1. 1. Secret Atheism. 64. A Remedy thereof. 67. Sect. 2. 2. The corruption of our Nature. 68. Its Remedy. 72. ⟨image 7⟩Sect. 3. 3. Unpreparedness unto holy Duties. 76. A Case of Conscience answered, viz. What measure of Preparation is necessary before our ordinary Duties of Worship. 77. Sect. 4. 4. Lukewarmness. 82. Its Remedies. 84. Sect. 5. 5. Worldly-mindedness. 88. Its Remedy. 91. Sect. 6. 6. Weakness of love to Christ and his Ordinances. 95. Its Remedies. 99. Sect. 7. 7. Want of Watchfulness. 104. 1. Before Duties. ibid. 2. In Duties. 105. 3. After Duties. 107. The Remedy thereof. 108. Sect. 8. 8. A Beloved sin. 110. Its Remedies. 113. Sect. 9. 9. Satan. 115. A Remedy. 118. Sect. 10. 10. Vain Thoughts at other times. 121. These 1. Displease and dis-engage the Spirit of God. ibid. 2. Dispose and naturalize the soul to these Thoughts. 122. 3. Discourage us to the conquest, and encourage us to the sin. 124. 4. Infect the Memory. 125. 5. Provoke God to give us up. 126. The Remedies hereof. 127. Sect. 11. 11. A divided heart in four respects. 133. Its Remedy. 136.