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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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II. Sanctifying Grace was not necessary unto those duties of Worship, that were peculiar to the times of ⟨p. 7⟩the Old Testament. There were severals acts of worship that were Instituted of Old, but have been abolished long since; when they were Divine institutions, they were to be attended, not only by Godly, but also by Natural men.
II. Sanctifying Grace was not necessary unto those duties of Worship, that were peculiar to the times of ⟨p. 7⟩the Old Teshament. There were severals acts of worship that were Instituted of Old, but have been abolished long since; when they were Divine institutions, they were to be attended, not only by Godly, but also by Natural men.
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1. Circumcision: Circumcision was an holy Ordinance, a token of the Covenant between God and his People: but multitudes of People were according to the Ordinance of God to be Circumcised in the flesh, that were not circumcised in heart. God never blamed the People of Israel for Circumcising persons that were not Regenerate. Abraham was appointed to Circumcise all the Males in his Family: Gen. 17. 12, 13. Ishmael was Circumcised, but yet a carnal person: Gen. 17. 25. When the Israelites bought Servants from among the Heathen, they were bound to Circumcise them. All the Israelitish Male Children were in their several Generations to be Circumcised, yet there were but few of them that proved Godly. God ordered that the Congregation of Israel should be Circumcised at Gilgal: