andCbrijlianity. . --~ , -I.JZ5_j A roJrker-place, and Ouk• usbyrhefboulder wirha!l!Jidfl•tholioft l WhJf1•!1dJON 1 I hercid!d , ' they compafr C.a and land ( Saraos":'alke) to make a Profelyre: we~' frill and lre<ze inour zealc,and Jofc Profclyr<s w1ch our d1,1Up~d W1lfull neglect. ll1ey fpenc one quarter ofthoday in prayer : howmany arc.ltlere ofus that would not thic:ke tqis an tinre~onable lerviceofGod? We are fo ia,,r_e fr'?m this exrreme dev~nion of <mdli< c,,. the bid EH< l.iit.e,that wear~ rather wqrthY,ofa cenf~r< )I<Itb thofeSpamfh l'nells for dl.< ro:a.,. our·negligenc~. Howmanyofyour Citizens cangcr.Jcave ofMammon to bellow s,a,, one houre oftheday in afetcourfe, upo~. God? l:lpw mmy ofyo;mLawyers, arelirll clienn to God, ere you admit othcrs,chencs toy~ ( How many ofyou have your thoughts fixed in Heaven, ere they be}n Wejlminftcr l illas, wbar dulmfic is rhis? w,~a! ir.j_uf!ice ?. All chy houres are hi!, an_11 thou wilt notlend hiO:one ufhis owne forchine own good. They read,rhey remed theLaw, (fame) tW1ce a day; never 8 wept wichoot IOme parrs ofir about them: but 10 wh.ar etlccr? There is otic one '?f our people,( faith Jofephw) but anfwersro any quell1on ofche Law•sread1ly as h10 ownename. How lball their diligence upbraid, yeacondemneus? Alas! how . doeour Bibles g~rher d~fr for wanr ~f ufe, while ourChronicle,. or our, Starure- '1t.~::•;!;f. booke, yeaperhaps our rdle and fcurnlous play-booke•, are wornw11h rurnmg? Oh !"""'.!"'""' how happywereourfore-fathers ( whofememory is bleffed for ever) ifchey could , •..,.....,. wich muchcolt, a~dm~edaoger !\er ~u~ one ~fP4t;ls Epi~les in!heir bofo111es; ho_w ~";:.:f;.::.:;:' did they hugge it mrheuarmes, h1de remrbel!cbeft, yea m rhelf beans! Howd1d M.• , they ear,walk, fieep,with that fweet companion, and in fpight ofperfecmion, never I thought themfelveswell, butwhen they converfed wirh,it in fecrer! Loe now rhefe fbopsareall open, webuy them not; thefe booksarc open,We!'eJd rhcm nor, and C we will be ignorant becaute wewill. The Sunne lbines and weJhur our windowes, It is enough for themiferable PopilhLaitie to be thus dark, that liyc in rhe p'rpecuall night of!nquificion. Shall this be theonly differenco betwixt 1hrmand us 1 that rheywouldreadtheleholyleaves, andmaynot; wetnay, andwjllnor? There is no ignorance,rothe wilfull. I frand not upon a foqnall and verbal! knowledp.e:rhar was never more frequeor,<moreflourilhing.But ifthemaioc gfoundsofChrifr~nitie were throughly fetlcd in the heansof the mulcirude, welbould nor have fo mnch caufeoflhame and forr\)w, norour adverfaries of~riumph and lnfulmion. Shew lefTecherefore for Godsfake,and le•rnmore; and billace your wavering hearrwich the found truth ofgodlinejJe,thatyoumay flie freadi!Y through all che rempcfrs oferrours. MakeGods Lawofyour learned counfel! W)[h D61Jiri, and be happy. Elfe if D youwi!loeed;lovedarkncffe, youlhall haveenoughofit: you h•veh.e~jnward darknefle,thereonrward(•"'n;i("""') This is yourown darkndfe,tb~t hisofwhom the Pf•lmift; He{enl d•rli..~<Jfo,4•d il ,,.,, ritrk!: Dark indeed: A thicke and rerriblt darkneffe, joynedwichweepingand gnafbing. I urge nor their awful! reverence in rheirdevocion, our !leepypr ~ilde carelefneffe; rheir .aultere~nd rough difcipline ofthebody,our wanton eamp<"rmgofthe flefb; t~ough Y<ho can ab:de to thinkeof acha!le Ph~rifo1~nd~ liltbych~ijlia" I ~ temperateJ'h••lfe,and.•drunken chriftiafll bow lbamefully IS thiS latter VICe (efpeCJal!y)grown upon us Wl!h time ?we knew it onceinourordinaryCpeech appropriated to beggers, nowgallanrs light for ir. This bealllioelfe had wom be balbfull, now it is impudent; once children werewom 10 ihout at adrunklrd(as fome foule wonder)now not robe drunlt Is quarrel!enough a" mongmen, amon~(riends: Thofe knee~,rhat we were wonr ro bowto rhe GOd of Heaven, •re now bent to B4cchJH,in aPaganilh,belliall,devillifh d~vofion. To leave E tbe.tirleofchri.fl!•"'•~odhame let us_be eirherm:n, or beafr;. My fpeechha!lerls to theuholyand W1fefrnl.i:netreofcarnage;where m I can never comp!aineenoughof our inequalicie: they hued cheprefence1 the fire, rhe fafhion,the bookes ofaGentile,ofaSamarlrane; neitherwasthere any hatred lofr on rhe Samariranes pahs, fur ifhe had but rouchta Jew,he would have thrown himfelfe into thewat'!,cloarhs ar d all:bochofchem equally Cick of a Noli nulangere;ToNchmt not,for 1am bolitr Efay6 5· Our R.omifhSJmaricages haunt our tables,our clofers our eares . we fr~wn not wedifl1kenoc: Wematch, oonverfe,conferre, coofu/rwi~rhe~c.reltlly,as if~ Kk 2 w•re M:mH.!.1j. Chlj}:ttApbt. l:b ~ Trntbr• COI!ig»il; 111 'Uf114mfl eU vtfl.b~ llhNJn ~ I f lU/( Nbi tllltll i ~~::~~~:;~ i' ,.uu,.,.-;,)'L·f nl junu. cn. I ~:.fi;J;.
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