N02150:69
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.
THUS 'tis, with a World of Men and Women in the World. Cumbered with many Things, they will not see, that the coming to a CHRIST is the One Thing that is needful for them. A Laodicea can do well enough without the Gold, and Garment, and Eye Salve of her SAVIOUR. Many say, The Stolen Waters are Sweet. Many say, What is the Almighty that we should Serve Him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto Him? To have this […] removed, and the Scales drop from our Eyes; and have a New, Clear, Strong, Sight of the Estimate which is to be made of the Things which are not seen, and which affect our Eternal Happiness; This, This is to Know the Things belonging to our ⟨p. 11⟩peace. They who have studied the Style of the Scripture, tell us, Words of Knowledge imply Affection. So when our SAVIOUR says to some, I never knew you, He means, I never liked you. Which is what He will say to them, who know not what we are now speaking of. Reprobate Silver, the Lord has Rejected them.
THUS 'tis, with a World of Men and Women in the World. Cumbered with many Things, they will not see, that the coming to a CHRIST is the One Thing that is needful for them. A Laodicea can do well enough without the Gold, and Garment, and Eye Salve of her SAVIOUR. Many say, The Stolen Waters are Sweet. Many say, What is the Almighty that we should Serve Him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto Him? To have this 〈…〉 removed, and the Scales drop from our Eyes; and have a New, Clear, Strong, Sight of the Estimate which is to be made of the Things which are not seen, and which affect our Eternal Happiness; This, This is to Know the Things belonging to our ⟨p. 11⟩peace. They who have studied the Style of the Scripture, tell us, Words of Knowledge imply Affection. So when our SAVIOUR says to some, I never knew you, He means, I never liked you. Which is what He will say to them, who know not what we are now speaking of. Reprobate Silver, the Lord has Rejected them.