wi ï r,. 292 Attending public In/lruc`1ian, &c. S E x wt. be taken notice of becaufe it bath for fotne XI. time been growing among the proteftants of our denomination. Perhaps fome may think they cannot expe± any great im- provement in knowledge by the public in- ftru Lions ; yet their declining them is an offenfive example, tending to bring them into difefteem and difufe among others who both need and may receive information by them in matters of the greateft moment. Befides, a well - difpofed mind may bear (and think it no difagreeable entertainment) to be ftirred up by way of remembrance, by the repeating and inculcating ufeful truths. And confidering the many avocations we have from pious exercifes, it may not be unprofitable for the belt and wifeft, jointly with their fellow-chriftians, at fet -times to engage their folemn attention to the things of religion, and endeavour to excite good affe Lions in themfelves, which may contri- bute to their defence againft the returning temptations of the world. On thefe ac- counts, I cannot but wifh, for their own fakes, and for the common edification of the churches, that chriftians were more ear - neft and conftant in attending the public inftruaions of wifdorn, and watching at her gates. SER-
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