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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.
*There is in Religion a Body and a Soul. The Religion of the body, is but the body of Religion, the Religion of the soul, is the soul of Religion. And as the separation of the body and the soul, is the death of a man; so the divorcing asunder the form and power of godliness, is the death of godliness. As it is injury to macerate and destroy the body for to cure and save the soul; so it is a crime to damn and lose the soul, to please and pamper the body. Even so it is injurious to destroy the body and outside of Religion, to preserve and advance the soul and inside of Religion; but it is heinous to lose and break the heart of the inside and vitals of Religion, to pamper and adorn the exteriors thereof. It is well, if while we quarrel about a bended knee, we do not lose a broken heart. Is the folly of the ⟨p. 236⟩Quakers criminal for killing Religion in her body? how sinful then is Formality, that slays Religion in her soul!
*There is in Religion a Body and a Soul. The Religion of the body, is but the body of Religion, the Religion of the soul, is the soul of Religion. And as the separation of the body and the soul, is the death of a man; so the divorcing asunder the form and power of godliness, is the death of godliness. As it is injury to macerate and destroy the body for to cure and save the soul; so it is a crime to damn and lose the soul, to please and pamper the body. Even so it is injurious to destroy the body and outside of Religion, to preserve and advance the soul and inside of Religion; but it is heinous to lose and break the heart of the inside and vitals of Religion, to pamper and adorn the exteriours thereof. It is well, if while we quarrel about a bended knee, we do not lose a broken heart. Is the folly of the ⟨p. 236⟩Quakers criminal for killing Religion in her body? how sinful then is Formality, that slayes Religion in her soul!
- *There are written on the walls of the Jews Synagogues at this day, [Greek or Hebrew] i.e. Prayer without the intention of the affection, is like a body without a soul.