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The sinfulness of worshipping God with men's institutions as it was delivered in a…
The sinfulness of worshipping God with men's institutions as it was delivered in a sermon / by Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1691
The Sinfulness of Worshipping GOD With Men's INSTITUTIONS › DOCTRINE
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1. That it is a sin against the Second Command of the first Table.
Now All sins that are against the first Table, are more directly against God; he being the next and immediate object of it, whereas the next object of Second Table Duties is our Neighbour, all the Duties of this Table are to be done by us, not only for him as our Lord, and Law-giver for so are the other also, but to him, as he on whom they are to Terminate; if then we pray, we must pray to God, if we fast we are to do it to him; that therefore is the fault found in them, Zech. 7. 5. that they did it not to him. Now the second command hath a proper aim at instructing us about instituted Worship: In the first we are told whom we are to Worship, and what is that Natural Worship which is due to him; in the second, What manner of Worship he will have paid him by us; it therefore enjoins us to take his Directions in it, and to receive the Command from his mouth, not daring to add to, or to take away any thing from it, hence there are so many serious and solemn cautions given about it, Deut. 4. 2. 12, 32. Prov. 30 6. & elsewhere.
Now All sins that are against the first Table, are more directly against God; he being the next and immediate object of it, whereas the next object of Second Table Duties is our Neighbour, all the Duties of this Table are to be done by us, not only for him as our Lord, and Law-giver for so are the other also, but to him, as he on whom they are to Terminate; if then we pray, we must pray to God, if we fast we are to do it to him; that therefore is the fault found in them, Zech. 7. 5. that they did it not to him. Now the second command hath a proper aim at instructing us about instituted Worship: In the first we are told whom we are to Worship, and what is that Natural Worship which is due to him; in the second, What manner of Worship he will have paid him by us; it therefore enjoyns us to take his Directions in it, and to receive the Command from his mouth, not daring to add to, or to take away any thing from it, hence there are so many serious and solemn cautions given about it,