is to be acceptably performed. 275 ture, and according to his defign, only meant S E R M. to promote righteoufnefs, true holinefs, and X. charity, in which the divine Image confifteth, and the effence of godlinefs. And for that reafon, far fróm thinking Our religion com- pleted in the performance of fuch outward ads, we ought to ufe the utmofl: card and circumfpe6tioa in performing them fo, that they may anfcver their end ; and this leadeth me to a more particular confideration of the faults attending the religious fervice here re- prefented, on account whereof it is charged with divers vanities. The fecond obfervation, therefore is, that one principal failure in religious performances, which introduceth many more, is temerity and precipitance. This runneth through the whole defcription ; Sollmon, ydu fee, be- ginneth with this grave advice, keep thy foot when thou góe/1 to the houle of God; look well to the difpofitions of your mind, and your whole behaviour, when you enterin to an affair of fuch folemnity and importance, as the fer- vice of God ; as a man engaged in bufinefs of the greateft moment, or in the prefence of his fuperiors, would ufe the utmoft cau- tion that he may not make a falle fiep, which cannot be eafily retrieved : He warneth us T 2 too
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