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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 Doctrine to be spoken to, is, ⟨p. 3⟩That Sanctifying Grace is not necessary unto the Lawful attending of any duty of Worship.
The Doctrine to be spoken to, is, ⟨p. 3⟩That Sanctifying Grace is not necessary unto the Lawfull attending of any duty of Worship.
The whole Congregation whether sincerely Godly or not, were to keep the Passover: Sanctifying Grace is an inestimable blessing, far beyond all the common gifts of the Spirit; it is the very Life of the Soul, it fits it to serve God & to enjoy communion with him; and Sanctifying Grace is necessary to Salvation: without holiness no man can see the face of God: Yea, Sanctifying Grace is necessary to the acceptable attendance of every duty of Worship; if men were not holy their offerings were not acceptable, nor their Sacrifices sweet to God: but Sanctifying Grace is not necessary to the lawful attending of any duty of Worship: if men be not holy, yet it is lawful for them to attend any duty of Worship: No duty of Worship is forbidden to men, because they are destitute of Sanctifying Grace. From the beginning of the World to this day, Men were never forbidden any duty of Worship, for want of Sanctifying Grace. Sanctifying Grace is necessary unto the right discharge of moral duties, as well as instituted: but it is not necessary unto the lawful attending of Moral duties, or the lawful attending of Instituted duties; and as men may not excuse themselves from moral duties from the want of Grace, so they may not excuse themselves from any duty of Worship.
The whole Congregation whether sincerely Godly or not, were to keep the Passover: Sanctifying Grace is an inestimable blessing, far beyond all the common gifts of the Spirit; it is the very Life of the Soul, it fus it to serve God & to enjoy communion with him; and Sanctifying Grace is necessary to Salvation: without holiness no man can see the face of God: Yea, Sanctifying Grace is necessary to the acceptable attendance of every duty of Worship; if men were not holy their offerings were not acceptable, nor their Sacrifices sweet to God: but Sanctifying Grace is not necessary to the lawful attending of any duty of Worship: if men be not holy, yet it is lawful for them to attend any duty of Worship: No duty of Worship is forbidden to men, because they are destitute of Sanctifying Grace. From the beginning of the World to this day, Men were never forbidden any duty of Worship, for want of Sanctifying Grace. Sanctifying Grace is necessary unto the right discharge of moral duties, as well as instituted: but it is not necessary unto the lawful attending of Moral duties, or the lawful attending of Instituted duties; and as men may not excuse themselves from moral duties from the want of Grace, so they may not excuse themselves from any duty of Worship.