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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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Consider 1. Those who discourage Persons from coming to it, because Unconverted, do in their zeal make others to cease from fearing the Lord. As the Reubenites and Gaditer did argue in some what alike case, Josh. 22. 23, 24. The neglecting outward Worship is the way to neglect inward Worship. Staying from Ordinances is not the way to fit men for Ordinances: the neglecting of the Sacrament is the way to make the Country grow profane. Gods Ordinances are the means to advance Religion. If they neglect Prayer, it would hinder them from fearing the Lord; if they neglect Hearing the Word; if they neglect Baptism; so likewise if they neglect the Lords Supper: it will prove no advantage to Religion to neglect any of God's Ordinances; the solemn attending ⟨p. 20⟩of Gods Ordinances lead men into a sense of the need of Christ, and benefit of Christ. The limiting of the Lords Supper to a small number, has a tendency to nourish carnal confidence in them that are admitted, and to nourish profaneness in them that are excluded.
Consider 1. Those who discourage Persons from coming to it, because Unconverted, do in their zeal make others to cease from fearing the Lord. As the Reubenites and Gaditer did argue in some what alike case, Josh. 22. 23, 24. The neglecting outward Worship is the way to neglect inward Worship. Staying from Ordinances is not the way to fit men for Ordinances: the neglecting of the Sacrament is the way to make the Country grow prophane. Gods Ordinances are the means to advance Religion. If they neglect Prayer, it would hinder them from fearing the Lord; if they neglect Hearing the Word; if they neglect Baptism; so likewise if they neglect the Lords Supper: it will prove no advantage to Religion to neglect any of God's Ordinances; the solemn attending ⟨p. 20⟩of Gods Ordinances lead men into a sence of the need of Christ, and benefit of Christ. The limitting of the Lords Supper to a small number, has a tendency to nourish carnal considence in them that are admitted, and to nourish prophaneness in them that are excluded.