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Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to…Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to…
Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1717
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4. Self love governs them in their Religion. Natural Men do perform many duties of Religion. Isa. 58.2. Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a Nation that did righteousness and forsook not the Ordinance of their God, they ask of me the Ordinance of Justice, and take delight in approaching to God. They Pray, and Preach, they Fast, they attend Sacraments, they may do all the external duties of Religion, & therein put a great deal of external honour upon God: but still they have some selfish design in all that they do; they make the worship of God to be an engine to carry on their selfish designs; there is no love to God in those Services.
4. Self love governs them in their Religion. Natural Men do perform many duties of Religion. Isa. 58.2. Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a Nation that did righteousness and forsook not the Ordinance of their God, they ask of me the Ordinance of Justice, and take delight in approaching to God. They Pray, and Preach, they Fast, they attend Sacraments, they may do all the external duties of Religion, & therein put a great deal of external honour upon God: but still they have some selvish design in all that they do; they make the worship of God to be an engine to carry on their selvish designs; there is no love to God in those Services.
Some of them have wicked ends in their Worship. They have some base designs when they carry Religiously. Mat. 23.14. They devour widows houses and for a pretence make long Prayers. They have been Religious that they might avoid duty to their Parents, Matth. 15.5, 6. Their design has been to wreak their Malice upon others. Jezebel would have a Fast proclaimed in order to the death of Naboth,