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The just man's prerogative. A sermon preached privately, Sept. 27. 1706. on a solemn…
The just man's prerogative. A sermon preached privately, Sept. 27. 1706. on a solemn occasion; for the consolation of a sorrowful family, mourning over the immature death, of a pious son, viz Mr. Simeon Stoddard, who was found barbarously murdered, in Chelsea-Fields near London, May 14. 1706. / By S. Willard. ; [Two lines from II Samuel]
printed by B. Green. Sold by Nicholas Boone, 1706
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3. To Wean them from the World and all the things of it. The things of this World are accommodated to our senses, and when it smiles upon us, we are too easily entangled by it; and our hearts are too much set upon it, and the delights of it steal them away; and we are apt to value our selves upon these things, which, were we let alone, would greatly impede us in our Christian race: But God, by Affliction shows us the vanity of these things, and it becomes as Aloes put on the breast of the Creature, which embitters it to us; and by this means it takes off our exuberant affections from it, and tells us that here is not our resting place, and that these things cannot be our happiness. And this puts us upon using the greatest diligence in Running our Race, and laying up our Treasure in Heaven: this makes us to shake off our Sloth, and puts fervour into our hearts, than which what greater kindness can be done for us here?
3. To Wean them from the World and all the things of it. The things of this World are accommodated to our senses, and when it smiles upon us, we are too easily entangled by it; and our hearts are too much set upon it, and the delights of it steal them away; and we are apt to value our selves upon these things, which, were we let alone, would greatly impede us in our Christian race: But God, by Affliction shews us the vanity of these things, and it becomes as Aloes put on the breast of the Creature, which embitters it to us; and by this means it takes off our exuberant affections from it, and tells us that here is not our resting place, and that these things cannot be our happiness. And this puts us upon using the greatest diligence in Running our Race, and laying up our Treasure in Heaven: this makes us to shake off our Sloth, and puts fervour into our hearts, than which what greater kindness can be done for us here?
4. To Try and Exercise their Graces. In their Conversion they were Sanctified for his Service; in which Sanctification they were furnished with the whole body of Sanctifying & Saving Graces, in the exercise whereof they were to glorify God: And as these Graces were to be Exercised, ⟨p. 17⟩