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God's terrible voice in the city
God's terrible voice in the city by T.V.
London? : s.n., Printed in the year 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.
O how formal and lukewarm hath London been? how much of the Laodicean temper have they had in all Ordinances? And might not God say to London, as he did of old to Jerusalem, Isa. 1. 11, 12, 13, 14. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? &c. Such services are to no purpose; they are vain Worship, and do not attain the end thereof, either to profit him that offereth them, or to please him unto whom they are tendered; can such formal services be effectual to procure pardon or peace? can they bear up the spirit in a day of trouble? will not the Morning cloud and early dew of such Righteousness flee away and vanish upon the approach of the Sun? will not such Spiders webs be broken to pieces by a stormy wind? how do Formalists behave themselves as if they had no Religion when they fall into trouble? when God thunders by his Judgements, what can a cold, formal, empty prayer do? when Death appears before them with a grim countenance, what comfort can such reap by reflection on such services? what Evidences for Heaven can they gather from any of their outside Devotions?
O how formal and lukewarm hath London been? how much of the Laodicean temper have they had in all Ordinances? And might not God say to London, as he did of old to Ierusalem, Isa. 1. 11, 12, 13, 14. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? &c. Such services are to no purpose; they are vain Worship, and do not attain the end thereof, either to profit him that offereth them, or to please him unto whom they are tendered; can such formal services be effectual to procure pardon or peace? can they bear up the spirit in a day of trouble? will not the Morning cloud and early dew of such Righteousness flee away and vanish upon the approach of the Sun? will not such Spiders webs be broken to pieces by a stormy winde? how do Formalists behave themselves as if they had no Religion when they fall into trouble? when God thunders by his Judgements, what can a cold, formal, empty prayer do? when Death appears before them with a grim countenance, what comfort can such reap by reflection on such services? what Evidences for Heaven can they gather from any of their outside Devotions?