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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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2. Some of them frequent the Tavern. The Tavern is a place of resort: there is a great deal of company in the Evening, on wet days, and on public days. There they are spending their time unprofitably: There is a great deal of vain, worldly, proud discourse, and corrupt communication: they ⟨p. 106⟩are swaggering & vapouring; sometimes they are jeering good Men, and scoffing at Religion. Is this praising the Name of the Lord? Is this an honour to God? They are not redeeming the time as the rule is, Eph. 5.16. They stand about the cup, till they have inflamed one another. Isai. 5.11. They continue until night, till wine inflame them. They drink till they are giddy, and sometimes talk wantonly; sometimes they quarrel and reproach one another; is this to praise the Name of the Lord? Prov. 23.29, 30. Who hath woe, who hath sorrow, who hath contentions, who hath babbling, who hath wounds without cause, who hath redness of eyes, they that tarry long at the wine, they that go to seek mixed wine. At the Tavern they wast what they have earned, the fruit of their labour is consumed; and they are under temptation to cheat & extort to get more. Taverns are the nurseries of profaneness: if the Men talk of Religion, they talk of it in an irreligious way; their discourses are not savoury: God would not have the less honour if they were dead and rotten.
2. Some of them frequent the Tavern. The Tavern is a place of resort: there is a great deal of company in the Evening, on wet days, and on publick days. There they are spending their time unprofitably: There is a great deal of vain, worldly, proud discourse, and corrupt communication: they ⟨p. 106⟩are swaggering & vaporing; sometimes they are jeering good Men, and scosting at Religion. Is this praising the Name of the Lord? Is this an honour to God? They are not redeeming the time as the rule is, Eph. 5.16. They stand about the cup, till they have enflamed one another.