N02150:26
Religious societies. Proposals for the revival of dying religion, by well ordered societies for…
Religious societies. Proposals for the revival of dying religion, by well ordered societies for that purpose. : With a brief discourse, offered unto a religious society, on the first day of their meeting. : [One line from I Thessalonians]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for John Phillips, 1724
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
WHO is in any special Adversity, and what shall be done to comfort them?
WHAT Contention or Variance may there be among any Neighbours, and what may be done for the healing of it?
WHAT open Miscarriages do any live in; and who shall be desired to carry faithful Admonitions unto them?
Finally; WHAT is there to be done for the Advantage and Advancement of our Holy Religion?
IN the Primitive Times of Christianity, there was much use made of a saying which they ascribed unto Matthias the Apostle; [Greek or Hebrew]. If the Neighbour of an Elect, or Godly Man Sin, the Godly Man has also Sinned. The Obligations of Neighbours watchfully to Admonish one another, were what that Saying intended. Oh! How much may Christians Associated in Religious Combinations, do by watchful and faithful Admonitions to prevent being Partakers in other Mens Sins!