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Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness
Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness: wherein several important duties, are urged, and the evil of divers common sins, is evinced; delivered in sundry sermons. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green upon assignment of Samuel Sewall, 1682
The Sincere Servants of God will make Conscience of Secret Prayer.
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.
3. This Reproof in those that instead of Praying is secret are sinning in secret. The Apostle saith, it is a shame to speak of those things which are come of some is secret. Eph. 5. 12. How do wretched sinners bless themselves, if they […] out of the fight of men: especially as to hat iniquity of which it is said, that the abhorred of the Lord shall fall into it, They commit Adultery and other sorts of unclean abominations in secret places; or they live in secret self pollution which is commonly the young mans sin; an evil condemned in the Scripture under the name of uncleanness, and sometimes under the Name of Effeminateness; and the word of the Lord saith, that whoever liveth in it, shall certainly ⟨p. 89⟩excluded out of the Kingdom of Heaven. Intend of mourning grand bleeding in secret places that over thou last been guilty […] this sin, dost then till […]? then wo•to thy soul. There are •wo•hings which •lam suit thou dost not remember as thou should […] co.
3. This Reprovein those that instead of Praying is secret are sinning in secret. The Apostle saith, it is a shame to speak of those things which are come of some is secret. Eph. 5. 12. How do wretched sinners bless themselves, if they 〈…〉 out of the fight of men: especially as to hat iniquity of which it is said, that the abhorred of the Lord shall fall into it, They commit Adultery and other sorts of unclean abominations in secret places; or they live in secret self pollution which is commonly the young mans sin; an evil condemned in the Scripture under the name of uncleanness, and sometimes under the Name of Effeminateness; and the word of the Lord saith, that whoever liveth in it, shall certainly ⟨p. 89⟩excluded out of the Kingdome of Heaven. Intend of mourning grand bleeding in secret places that over thou last been guilty 〈…〉 this sin, dost then till ? then woto thy soul. There are wohings which lam sute thou dost not remember as thou should co.