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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.
Secondly, In hearing God's Word. This is the audible conference of the Almighty with thy soul. A distraction lets him ⟨p. 230⟩talk unto the walls. When you come to a Sermon, you stand on your watch, and set your self on the Tower, and watch to see what God will say to you, Hab. 2.1. By a distraction you do almost, as if a servant stopped his ears at the orders that his Master is giving.
Secondly, In hearing God's Word. This is the audible conference of the Almighty with thy soul. A distraction lets him ⟨p. 230⟩talk unto the walls. When you come to a Sermon, you stand on your watch, and set your self on the Tower, and watch to see what God will say to you, Hab. 2.1. By a distraction you do almost, as if a servant stopt his ears at the orders that his Master is giving.
Thirdly, In reading. Therein you *peruse God's heart in black and white, where you may believe every letter to be written in blood, not like Draco's Laws, but in bleeding love. A distraction neither understands, nor applies those sacred characters. Which of you would so read your Father's last Will, especially in matters that concerned your selves? One chapter, one leaf, one verse well read and applied, will do your heart more good, than an hundred read with half an heart.
Thirdly, In reading. Therein you *peruse God's heart in black and white, where you may believe every letter to be written in blood, not like Draco's Laws, but in bleeding love. A distraction neither understands, nor applies those sacred characters. Which of you would so read your Father's last Will, especially in matters that concern'd your selves? One chapter, one leaf, one verse well read and applied, will do your heart more good, than an hundred read with half an heart.