Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

It reproves secure Sinners who have no Fear of God. Like Laish of old,¹ Judg. 18.27. A people quiet and secure. Those who are least safe, are most confident. Security casts men into a deep Sleep. Birds that build and roost in Steeples, being used to the continual ringing of Bells, the noise doth not at all disquiet them. So Sinners who have been long used to the sound of Aaron's Bells, though ever and anon they have a peal rung out against their sins, yet being used to it, they are not startled. A secure sinner is Known thus:

It reproves secure Sinners who have no Fear of God. Like Laish of old,¹ Iudg. 18.27. A people quiet and secure. Those who are least safe, are most confident. Security casts men into a deep Sleep. Birds that build and roost in Steeples, being used to the continual ringing of Bells, the noise doth not at all disquiet them. So Sinners who have been long used to the sound of Aarons Bells, though ever and anon they have a peal rung out against their sins, yet being used to it, they are not startled. A secure sinner is Known thus:

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1. He lives as bad as the worst, yet hopes to be saved as well as the best. He doth bless himself, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, Deut. 29.19. As if a man should drink Poison, yet not doubt but he shall have his health. A secure sinner lies in Delilahs lap, yet hopes to be in Abraham's bosom.

1. He lives as bad as the worst, yet hopes to be saved as well as the best. He doth bless himself, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart,