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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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Sometimes they carry Morally to please their Friends. Some Persons are so hardened in sin that they don't much regard their Relations. They are like Eli's Sons that did not hearken to the Voice of their Father: but there be some ⟨p. 45⟩that have a great Veneration for their Parents, they are sensible that their Parents have a dear affection to them, and they count them wise and good, & can't bear to grieve them, and their counsels stick upon their hearts. When they have Temptations they think if they should comply it would be bitter to their Parents, and so they reject Temptation; and they dare not be so bad as others. 2 Chron. 24.2. Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, all the days of Jehoiadah the Priest.
Sometimes they carry Morally to please their Friends. Some Persons are so hardned in sin that they don't much regard their Relations. They are like Eli's Sons that did not hearken to the Voice of their Father: but there be some ⟨p. 45⟩that have a great Veneration for their Parents, they are sensible that their Parents have a dear affection to them, and they count them wise and good, & can't bear to grieve them, and their counsels stick upon their hearts. When they have Temptations they think if they should comply it would be bitter to their Parents, and so they reject Temptation; and they dare not be so bad as others. 2 Chron. 24.2. Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, all the days of Jehoiadah the Priest.
Sometimes it is to prevent the Reproach of their Consciences. They have experience that when they carry orderly, they have not such Reflections as at other times, their hearts don't twit them, nor revile them. They are more quiet within and can vindicate themselves, but if at any time they are extravagant, it perplexes them afterward, & they have a storm within; their Consciences upbraid them, and embitter their comforts, their carriages look ugly and base,