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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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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 ⟨p. 19⟩my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his Temple.
2. Some are afraid of it. They are desirous to do any thing that they can for the promotion of their Salvation; but they are afraid to attend that Ordinance. It is with them as it was with David, 2 Sam. 6. 9. And David was afraid of the Lord that day, & said, how shad the Ark of the Lord come to we. They have drunk in an opinion, that none but Converted, Persons should come to that Ordinance, and so they neglect in: they have been mis-informed about it, and so dare not come: But they should not be afraid to attend that Ordinance.