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The mourners cordial against excessive sorrow discovering what grounds of hope Gods people have…
The mourners cordial against excessive sorrow discovering what grounds of hope Gods people have concerning their dead friends / by Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Five lines from II Corinthians]
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1691
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Sermon › Proposition 6 › Application 3: USE III.Sermon › Proposition 6 › Application 3: VSE III.
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2. Those that have it may obstruct the exercise of it, if they be not very careful to themselves. Besides the Habits of Graces, there are also dispositions requisite for the vigorous exerting of them, and though a saving Holiness can never be lost, yet this disposition may be either off or on, and this hath a great deal of dependence upon a Christians right improving of himself in his endeavouring to excite, and quicken, and envigorate his Habits. If a gracious Habit comes to be neglected, it will grow rusty and unfit for use, whereas if it be carefully nourished and strengthened, it will usually be very prompt and ready for the service which it is useful for; and it is an experienced Truth, that as there are many things •en may do which will deaden and enervate ⟨p. 129⟩their Hopes, if they be not the more watchful over themselves, so there are several things which they may do, which will greatly actual them, and this therefore is your great prudence to consider of, and practice, for;
2. Those that have it may obstruct the exercise of it, if they be not very careful to themselves. Besides the Habits of Graces, there are also dispositions requisite for the vigorous exerting of them, and though a saving Holiness can never be lost, yet this disposition may be either off or on, and this hath a great deal of dependance upon a Christians right improving of himself in his endeavouring to excite, and quicken, and envigorate his Habits. If a gracious Habit comes to be neglected, it will grow rusty and unfit for use, whereas if it be carefully nou•ished and strengthned, it will usually be very prompt and ready for the service which it is useful for; and it is an experienced Truth, that as there are many things •en may do which will dead•n and ener•ate ⟨p. 129⟩their Hopes, if they be not the more watchful over themselves, so there are several things which they may do, which will greatly actuale them, and this therefore is your great prudence to consider of, and practice, for;