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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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1. Some are disorderly in the Night time. Parents make them work diligently in the Day time; but in the evening they gather together in companies, and spend their time in unprofitable talk: They are like the beasts that creep forth in the Night. Psal. 104.20. Thou makest darknest and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. It is hard to give an account how they spend their time, ⟨p. 105⟩but they are disorderly: when the Family attends Religious duties, they are abroad, and no account can be given of them. Is this to Praise the Name of the Lord? They should join with the Family in confessing sin, begging mercy and acknowledging Gods goodness; but they don't regard the worship of God: Can we think that these Persons are conscientious, in attending secret duties of worship? Neglects of Family worship are a great contempt of God: Are these persons concerned for the honour of God or the salvation of their own Souls? Have they any due regard to the commands of God? doth it lie upon their hearts to give God the Glory of their daily mercies? Do they not plainly manifest, that they have not the spirit of Religion? they run into danger. Prov. 27.8. As a bird that wandereth from his nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. Is this for the praise of the Name of God, that when the Family go to bed, the Young Man is running about the Town? he has no business, it is for the satisfaction of some just; he throws himself into temptation, and sometimes he gets a wound and a blot.
1. Some are disorderly in the Night time. Parents make them work diligently in the Day time; but in the evening they gather together in companies, and spend their time in unprofitable talk: They are like the beasts that creep forth in the Night. Psal. 104.20. Thou makest darknest and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. It is hard to give an account how they spend their time, ⟨p. 105⟩but they are disorderly: when the Family attends Religious duties, they are abroad, and no account can be given of them. Is this to Praise the Name of the Lord? They should joyn with the Family in confessing sin, begging mercy and acknowledging Gods goodness; but they don't regard the worship of God: Can we think that these Persons are conscientious, in attending secret duties of worship? Neglects of Family worship are a great contempt of God: Are these persons concerned for the honour of God or the salvation of their own Souls? Have they any due regard to the commands of God? doth it lie upon their hearts to give God the Glory of their daily mercies? Do they not plainly manifest, that they have not the spirit of Religion? they run into danger.