This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1705 edition. Excerpt: ...Hearers weep at their preffing Religian Wore Home, and fearchivg the Hearts more throughly than others; but at the Noife, the and fierce repetition of Words. And I Q 4 think think T am not at all uncharitable, if I fay, thar many poor undilcerning People, having oft-times to little grounds for being zealoujly moved, are as perfectly deceived, as ever any body was, thar took Sir Martin Mar-alls-Wide gaping, for melodious finging. And it is doub:lefs as eafie a matter to make People fry and Jol again, without doing them the leafl good, as it is to make a Dottril ftretch, or them yawn, without helping them towards Heaven. I have but one thing more to beg of thefc People; and that is, That they would not only ceafe to call their Preaching alone Spiritual, Illuminating, and I know not what; but alfo that they would not think that they can, or ever did pray by the Spirit: For 'till I fee their Children fpeak Hebrew at Four Years of Age ( which fome fay may come to pafs, if they be brought up ita a Wood, and fuck of 3 Wolj and themielves ( without ftudying) all thofe Languages that are mentioned in the Second of the Aftit I hall never believe it; but if they mean, they have feveral Prayers of their own making, differing both in Senfe and Phrafe; or that they do not place every word after the fame manner; but fometimes put. Eterral before Almighty, fometimes Almighty before Eternal; or that the' do not always confefs the fame number of Sins, buc fometimes put in AtJuhery and Stealing too, fometimes Adultery alone j then is this fo far from ha? '. ving ving any thing of the Spirit in it ( in that Senfe which they would pretend to ) that it is no more extempore, than that this Morning is read, bleffedlethe LordGcd of Ifrael-and to morrow, 0 be joyful in...
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