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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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It is Objected by some against this Doctrine, That if the Lords-Supper be a Converting Ordinance, then not only such as are Civil & Religious may be admitted to it, but profane & vicious Persons for they likewise need Conversion, & it is pity but they should have all helps to Conversion?
It is Objected by some against this Doctrine, That if the Lords-Supper be a Converting Ordinance, then not only such as are Civil & Religious may be admitted to it, but prophane & vicious Persons for they likewise need Conversion, & it is pity but they should have all helps to Conversion?
A. 1. That Baptism is a Converting Ordinance, but yet is not to be administered to Adult Persons that are profane: For Baptism is only a Converting Ordinance to the Members of the Church, who are Unconverted. The Hearing of the Word only is the appointed means for the Conversion of others.
A. 1. That Baptism is a Converting Ordinance, but yet is not to be administred to Adult Persons that are prophane: For Baptism is only a Converting Ordinance to the Members of the Church, who are Unconverted. The Hearing of the Word only is the appointed means for the Conversion of others.
2. The Lords Supper is an Ordinance for the strengthening & exercising of Grace: yet it doth not follow that it is to be administered to Godly men, who are guilty of ⟨p. 28⟩Scandal, the need that they have to have their Grace strengthened, is no argument that the Lords-Supper should in that case he administered to them.
2. The Lords Supper is an Ordinance for the strengthening & exercising of Grace: yet it doth not follow that it is to be administred to Godly men, who are guilty of