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The peril of the times displayed. Or The danger of mens taking up with…
The peril of the times displayed. Or The danger of mens taking up with a form of godliness, but denying the power of it. Being the substance of several sermons preached: / by Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. N.E. ; [One line from Augustine in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1700
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.
2 The Apostasy, which denotes the times to be perilous, is laid in Individuals. The reason why the power of Godliness decays in any place, is because it doth so in this, and that, and the other particular person, and by this means it comes to be generally so: So that if every one in particular would carefully see to himself, and to his own heart and life, and endeavour to be upright with God, and put away his own sin, there would be a general reformation, and Religion would again flourish in the vitals of it. He then who would keep himself free, and not be guilty of contributing to the public sto•k, and filling up of the Ephah, must take care of himself, and ⟨p. 120⟩let others do as they will, he must see to it that he be not involved in the sins of the times, which render them perilous: and he hath the more need of caution and resolution on this account when such sins grow common, and there are a great many of evil examples that invite him to a compliance; on this account we have that precept, Exod. 23.2. thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.
2 The Apostasy, which denotes the times to be perilous, is laid in Individuals. The reason why the power of Godliness decays in any place, is because it doth so in this, and that, and the other particular person, and by this means it comes to be generally so: So that if every one in particular would carefully see to himself, and to his own heart and life, and endeavour to be upright with God, and put away his own sin, there would be a general reformation, and Religion would again flourish in the vi•als of it. He then who would keep himself free, and not be guilty of contributing to the publick sto•k, and filling up of the Ephah, must take care of himself, and ⟨p. 120⟩let others do as they will, he must see to it that he be not involved in the sins of the times, which render them perilous: and he hath the more need of caution and resolution on this account when such sins grow common, and there are a great many of evil examples that invite him to a compliance; on this account we have that precept,