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The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in…
The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in an unconverted condition. Showed in a sermon preached at Northampton, the 17th. Decemb. 1707. being the time of the sitting of the Inferior Court. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; Imprimatur, J. Dudley.The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in an unconverted condition. Shewed in a sermon preached at Northampton, the 17th. Decemb. 1707. being the time of the sitting of the Inferiour Court. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; Imprimatur, J. Dudley.
printed by B. Green. Sold by Samuel Phillips, 1708
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The Inexcusableness OF NEGLECTING THE Worship of GOD, under a pretence of being in an Unconverted Condition.
Exodus XII. 47, 48. All the Congregation of Israel shall keep it. And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his Males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it: and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
IN this Chapter we have the Institution of the Passover, and the several Laws and Ordinances, that were to be attended in the celebration of it. Two of which are set down in these Verses: First, v. 47. All the Congregation of Israel shall keep it. This must be understood with its exceptions. ⟨p. 2⟩Those that were Unclean, were not to keep it until they were cleansed: Numb. 9. 13. The man that is clean & is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the Passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from his People. Another exception was of the Females: Women were not bound to go to the place which God should choose, where the Passover was to be kept: Exod. 23. 17. Three times in the year shall all thy Males appear before the Lord God. Yet when they were present they were bound to keep it. Exod. 12. 4. If the household be too little for the Lamb, let him & his neighbour next unto his house, take it according to the number of the souls. Most probably also, they that were cut off from their People by a sentence of Excommunication, were not to keep it. Secondly, v. 48. The stranger is allowed to keep it upon two conditions. (1) That he did desire it. Sometimes strangers that dwelt among them, became proselytes and did desire to keep this Ordinance as they were not to be compelled, so they were not to be rejected, if they desired it in an orderly way. (2) That all his Males were circumcised. Circumcision was a token of God's Covenant, when they were circumcised, they were incorporated, and became as those, who were born in the Land, and enjoyed equal privileges with natural Israelites.