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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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2. It is needful that others should attend duties of Worship, that the Worship of God may be carried on. In the flourishing times of the Church, that will hold, Mat. 20. 16. Many are called and few are chosen: but there be degenerate times, when Religion runs very low among the People of God; and at such a time, there is a great scarcity of Godly men, Psal. 12. 1. The Godly man ceaseth, the faithful fail from among the Children of men. Isai. 53. 1. Who hath believed our Report, ⟨p. 16⟩and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed. It may be there may be but two or three sometimes in a Parish: in some Countries especially Godly men are very thin sown: and if the rest must be excluded from any part of the Worship of God, how can it be carried on, how can they show forth the Lords Death till he come? Yea if none but holy men must Officiate in the Church; they would be necessitated many times to be destitute of Ministers: in some Countries especially it would be a difficult thing to find men qualified with Sanctifying Grace. Sometimes there is a great scarcity of Godly Magistrates: Jer. 5. 1. Run to and fro through the Streets of Jerusalem, and see now & know and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth Judgment, that seeketh the truth, and I will pardon it. So many times there is a great scarcity of Godly Ministers: Mat. 23. 3. Do not after their works, for they say and do not.
2. It is needful that others should attend duties of Worship, that the Worship of God may be carryed on. In the flourishing times of the Church, that will hold, Mat. 20. 16. Many are called and few are chosen: but there be degenerate times, when Religion runs very low among the People of God; and at such a time, there is a great scarcity of Godly men,