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…

2. The Manner how, [Without Distraction] The sense hereof is almost prevented, by the Emphasis of the former word. Yet this Word is not without its great weight: And it speaks a ^(e)quiet unshaken and immovable frame of Soul, which cannot be whirled about with vain trifles. The soul is never at that holy quiet, as when it is directly ascending and ⟨p. 7⟩communing with the Lord; and therefore Satan exceedingly envies this Celestial happiness of the Saints, and if he cannot distract them from duty, be sure he will distract them in it; and this he doth very much ^(f)by the World and the business thereof. And therefore (says the Apostle) guide your condition so, in this suffering season, as that it may not misguide your hearts, in your attendance on the Lord; that you may not attend on your selves, nor on others; but ^(g)on Him, who is the Centre of an Ordinance, and your All in All.

2. The Manner how, [Without Distraction] The sense hereof is almost prevented, by the Emphasis of the former word. Yet this Word is not without its great weight: And it speaks a ^(e)quiet unshaken and immoveable frame of Soul, which cannot be whirled about with vain trifles. The soul is never at that holy quiet, as when it is directly ascending and ⟨p. 7⟩communing with the Lord; and therefore Satan exceedingly envies this Coelestial happiness of the Saints, and if he cannot distract them from duty, be sure he will distract them in it; and this he doth very much ^(f)by the World and the business thereof. And therefore (sayes the Apostle) guide your condition so, in this suffering season, as that it may not misguide your hearts, in your attendance on the Lord; that you may not attend on your selves, nor on others; but