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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 USE of this Doctrine is of Warning; That you be not afraid to attend duties of Worship, because destitute of Sanctifying Grace. Men that are destitute of Sanctifying Grace can perform no duty in an acceptable manner: but yet you must not give way to a spirit of fear, so as to neglect your duty. Men must be afraid to neglect it and not afraid to attend it: You must make haste to get Sanctifying Grace, but you must not deny God any part of his Worship, till that is done. It is a poor thing for men to be scared into Religion, but it is sad indeed for men to be scared out of Religion, & to neglect Gods Worship out of fear of God.
There be two things that make men neglect the Lords-Supper.
1. Some despise it, they don't find any need of it; their design is the World and their pleasures; and they don't regard the Lords-Supper. There is a profane Spirit prevailing in the Land; and many men neglect the Lords-Supper from the same reason, that they neglect Secret Prayer: viz. Because they do despise holy things, they don't regard communion with God, nor help and advantages to Eternal Life: they are far from that Spirit that David had, Who said, One thing have I desired, and that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of ⟨p. 19⟩my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his Temple.
1. Some despise it, they don't find any need of it; their design is the World and their pleasures; and they don't regard the Lords-Supper. There is a prophane Spirit prevailing in the Land; and many men neglect the Lords-Supper from the same reason, that they neglect Secret Prayer: viz. Because they do despise holy things, they don't regard communion with God, nor help and advantages to Eternal Life: they are far from that Spirit that David had, Who said, One thing have I desired, and that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of