Seam. z 3. Horn muff oe make Religion our bufinefs ? 539 felf`h fl nia Heaven. 'Divas Chrifts meat and drink to do his Fathers will, yehn 4.34. Religion rem St Patels recreation, Rom. 7.22. Though I fhou'.d not fpeak of wages, the vails God gives us in this life, is enough to make us in love with his fervice. . 2. The fecund and laft contderation is , That millions of perfons 2. Motive: have mifcarried to eternity, for want of making Religion their bufi- nefs : they have fom,:thing in Religion, but not to purpofe : they have begun, but have made too many flops and pawfes : they !Ave been lukewarm and neutrali in the bufinefs; they have ferved God as if they ferved him not ; they have finned fervently, but prayed faint- ly ; Religion hash been a thing only by the bye ; they have ferved God by fits and flans, but have not made Religion their bssfinefs , therefore have mifcarried to all eternity. If you could fee a wicked mans Tomb- ftone in Hell, you might read this Infcription upon it ; Here lies one ix hellifh flames, for not making Religion big bwfinefs. How many Ships have fuffered fhipwrack, notwithftanding all their glorious names of the Hope, the Safe -gnard , the Triumph : fo how many fouls , not - withilanding their glorious title of Saiutfhip , have fuffered !hip. wrack in Hell for ever, becaufe they have not made Religion their bufinefs. Z z z Whether
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