Sermons (pages 142–176) – Part 2 (pages 162–176)
JO SET H's great Temptation, SerJIL
If Person? have found in themfclves, from lime to them into Sin, ihis sure.ly is enough to convince them, that such things do ajflually lead and expofc to Sin ; For what will convince Men, if their own Experience will not ? Thus if Men have found by undeniable Experience, that any Prstlice orCuTiom flirs up Lull in them, and has time, that they have a lually led
bctray'd them into foolish and flnful Behaviour, or (ia-
Thoughts they may determine, that they lead and cxpcleto Sin. Or if they upon examining themful
must own that such a Cultom orPra£ icc, has time after time, had that Effedl upon them, as to dis-
(t-Ives,
pose ihcm to Sins of OmilTion of known Duty as secret
Prayer
such
and niake them more backward to it
nnd aifo to indifpofc them to reading and religious Meditation and they, tfter they have been doing such or such a thing, have found this ha commonly :
been the Eft'e<ft of it, thai they have been more apt to call off Pr. yer or has had a tendency to ihe negleft of Family Prayer. Or if it seems to lead to unwaichfulncfs they find flnce they have complied with such a CuOcin, they are less watchful of- their Hearts, less that the frame difpcs'd to any thing that is serious and their IJearts of their Mind is more light, less on the things of another World, and more after thofe are finliil Effects and therefore if Vanity Experience fliews a Cullcm or Practice to be attended with ihele things, then Experience shews that they lead and cxpofe to Sin. ;
TVE may determine whether a thitij be of an
evil tendency or mt, by the Effect that an out-founng
cf the Spirit of GOT>,
and a general fiouriflnng of
Religion, has with rejpeft to it.
Ira pouring out pic,
fhc Spirit of
GOD on a Peo-
puts a ilop CO any Practice or Custom,
and root:
Sir. IL it
and gracious Deliverance
surely it argUcs, that that Practice or Custom is
For if there be no hurt in it. and of no good tendency. hurr/Nvhy dcfhould the Spirit of to no it tends has no tendency tode stroy it ? The Spirit of droy any thing chat is neither sinful, nor has any ten* Why should it ? Why should wc sup* dency to iln. should be an rinemy to pose, that the Spirit of that which has no hurt in ic j nor has any tendency to that which is hurtful ? The fiourifhing of Religion has no tendency to aboiiih or expel any thing that is no way against Reli That which is not againfl Religion, Religion gion. Religion has no tendency to will not appear againfl. destroy any CuQom or Pra(ft ice, that has no tendency to destroy that. It is a Rule that holds in all contraries and oppodtes the Opposition is equal on both Sides. So contrary as Light is to Darkners,so contrary is Dark-
ness to Light.
equal both Ways.
jufl
contrary ag the flourifliing of Religion is to anycufloin, just
contrary
Religion.
that
That CuQom
Custom
to the flourishing
that Religion
firoy, that Custom, if it prevail,
tends
tends also to dcHroy
Therefore, if the flourishing of Religion and the out- pouring of the Spirit of GOD, tends to overthrow any Cuffom, that takes Place or prevails, we may surely determine, that that Custom is cilh?«i . in it self (inful, or tends and cxpofes to Evil. Religion.
6. may determine by the Effed that a gene* rat decay of Religion has with refped to them, ivbc-'
ther they he Things of a sinful tendcfjcy or not»
hey be Things that coaife with a decay of Re*
creep in as that decays,*we may determine they arc things of no good tendency. The withdraw* ligion, that
ing of Good, don't let in Good but Evil.
'Tis Evil,
not Good, comes in, as Good gradually ccafes.
What
is\u but Darknofs ihat comes in, as Light withdraws.
Thcieforc
JO SET H's great Temptation, Sr R. Uh
Therefore if there be any decay of Religion in tho
Town, or in particular Persons, and upon this, any ccr» Cuftcms or Practices take Place and are allowed, which were wholly abdained from & renounced, when. Religion was in a more flourishing State we may safely conclude that such Customs and Pra ices arc contrary to the Nature of true Religion and thcrc lain
fore in thcmfelves sinful, or tending to Sin. 7. J E may in many things determine whether any Cu/Iom be of a good tendency, by confide ring -what tht
Esse:.t Tvoufd be, if it was openly and univerjally owned and pradiced, Th ERS are many things that some Pcrfons pra£lic«
somewhat fccretly, and are partly hidden in
and tha
ihey plead to be not hurtful ; which, if they had sui-
what the Confcquenc would be, if every Body openly pra£liced the same, if would fbon (hew that the Consequence would be Con* fusion, and a mofl woful State of things. If theia. fore there be any CuAom, that is of such a Nature, that it will not bear univcrfal open Pra ice and Pro* table Confidcration todifcern
fcltion ;
but if it should come to that, the least Confi.
deration will fliew that the Consequence would be la-
tnemablc we may determine that that CuAom is of an ill tendency. For if there h no hurt in it, and it is neither (inful in it self. nor tends to any thing (In* ful, then it is do matter how open and univcrfal the World is in it ; for we need not be afraid of that CuQom*s being too prevalent and univcrfal, that h?s no ill tendency in it» ;
Thus I have mentioned some general Rules, by which to tlcicrmine and judge, what things are of a, bad and sinful tendency. And ihefc things are i% plain, that for a Pcrfon to deny ibcm, would be ab I'urd and ridiculous, 1
I Would now, in the Name of GOD, warn all t erfons to avoid such things, as appear by these Rules to lead and expose to Sin.
And particularly,
would
now take Occasion to warn our young People, as they to avoid would approve themselves Fearers of
GOD,
such things in Compny, that being tryM by thcfc Rules, will appear to have a tendency or lead to Sin. all
Avoid all such Ways of talking and eating
as have a tendency to this j and follow the Example of Jofefh
in this.
-Not only the most gross A s of Uncleanness, but dll
Deg ees of Lacivioulnefs, both in talking and eat-
ing, are iiri ly forbidden in Scripture ;
as what Ihould
not be so much as once named among Saints or Chridi' ans.
Now the Works of the Flejh are
Laci(Eph. v. 3, 4, 5.) But Fornication, and all Uncleanness, let it mt be once named amon you, as becomethSaints : neither filthinefi, mr fcoufh talkin(r niff jeftingy which are not convenient : - for this ye kfidw that no Whoremonger» mr unclean Person, -* hath any Inheritance in the Kingdom of CHRIST , and ofgot>, We should hate even the Garments fpoted with the Flcfti, i. e. (hould hate and shun gU thatin the lead approaches to any such thing, or favours of it. And I desire that certain Cufloms that are common among young People in the Country, and have been so a long time, may be examined by ihofe Rules that have been mentioned. That Custom in particular, of young People of different Sexes lying in Bed together j however light is made of it, and bowever ready Persons may be to laugh at it's being ccfndemned if it be examined by the Rules that have been mendoncdi it will appear, pad all Contradiction, 10 be one of thofc
manifejl, Adultery, Fornication, Uncle annefs, ihoufnefs,
things that lead and cxpole to Sin :
And 1 believe what
Experience and Fa£l will Ihcw of the Confcqucnce and
JO SET H's great Temptation, Ser.III.
and Event of ic, does abundantly bear Witncfs to it. And whoever wifely confiders the Matter, mufl say, that this Curtom of this Country (to which it seems to be peculiar, among People that pretend to uphold their Credit) has been one main thing that has lead to ihat growth of Uncleanness, that has been in the Land.
And so there are other Customs and Liberties that arc customarily u fed,
among young People
Company,
that they that use them know that they lead to Sin.
They know that they tend that it does do it
they do it,
to flir up their LuHs
this is the
very End for which
in some Measure. what a holy they are soon to be judged by, that now make a mock at Sin ; who abominates the Impurities of their
to gratify their Lusts
Little do such
Persons confider,
Hearts.
If therefore they doa lualiy ftirup and feed Lust, then certainly they tend to further Degrees and more
That which flirs up Lust, makes it more
gross Atfis.
violent, and does therefore certainly the
more expose
Persons to be overcome by it.
How evident and un-
how strange that any
deniable are these things
should cavil against them, or make a Deridon of them! Pofiibly you may be confident of your own Strength and may think with your self, that ycu are not in Danger, that there is no Temptation in these things, But yru but what you are able cafily to overcome. jfhouid confider that the mofl fclfconfiderit are molt / t'/ r was very conndenc, that he fliouij in danger, not deny Christ, btit how dreadfully oilicrwifc was the Event If when others that have fallen intogrofs Sins, fliould be inc ircd of, and should declare how it was with them ;*doubtlcfs they would say. that they at firfl tl.o'c there was no danger; they were far from the !
Thought that ever they fnould commit
such Wicked-
ness ; hut yet by venturing further and further, ihcy Icll at
WX into the R'H-cU and groffcd I'ranfgrelfions. And
And Persons may long vvithftand Temptation, and be None so much in danger, fiiddenly overcome at last. l hey are mod safe, that are mod ais the mofl bold, and most didruflful fenfibic of their own Weakness ;
and most sensible of their conof their own Hearts Grace. retraining Young Persons,with need of tinual ;
of Unclcannefs, are dealt with by
refpeifl to the Sin
the Devil, jiifl as some give an account of some sort of
Serpents charming of Birds, and other Animals down
Mouths
if the Serpent takes them with hi«? fecm to be affrighted by it ; yet will not flee away; but will keep the Serpent in Sight,anti approach nearer and nearer to him, till they fall a
into their
Eyes
tho' they
Prey.
Another CuQom that I dcfirc may be examinee! by the foremeniioned Rules,
is that of young People of both Sexes getting together in the Night, in thofe Companies for Mirth and jollity, that they call Fro-
licks ;
spending the time together 'till late in the
Nij ht, in their Jollity.
I desire our young People to
Ears to be open
to what I have (o say upon this Point as I am the Mcftengcr of the Lord and not determine that ihcy will of Hods to them not hearken, before they have heard what I shall say. 1 hop- there are but fewperfons among us so abandoned, suffer their
as to determine thnt they v/ill go on in a Pra£licc,whe-
ther they are convinced that it is unlawful or not ; or I ho' it fiiould be proved to them to be unlawful by
undeniable Arguments. 7'hercfore let us examine this CuHom and Practice
by what has been said.
It has been
proved undenia-
bly, that we ought not to go on in a Pra ice that leads
and cxpofes to Sin and Rules have been laid down 1:0 judge whir does thus expo'c and lead to it, that I ;
think are plain and undeniable.
Therefore now let us try this Cudom by thefc ani see whether it will beat: the Ted or nor.
P-u'tfs,
Cer,
JO SET Ifs great Temptation, Ser.III.
Certainly a Chrip'ian will not be unwilling to have his Pra(f ices examined
and tried by the Rules of Rcafon but will rather re Joyce in it. ind God's Word An'd 1 desire particularly that the Pra£lice may be ;
tried it
by that sure Touch- stone of Experience. Let .tried by the Confidcration of what is expe-
rienced in fast abroad in oncTown and Place and another. This is one of the Rules of Trial that have bcen mentioned, that that Cuflom that the Experience
and Observation of Mankind Jheivs to be ordinarily attended or followed zvith Sin may be determined and concluded to be unlawful.
And if we look abroad in
the Country, I doubt not but these two things will be
That as to ihofc Towns, where there
mofl
of this carried on among youngPeople,(as there is more
6f it in some Places than others;
a thing
that
that juniverfally holds,
will
be found,
the/
the young
People there are commonly a locfe, vain and irreligious Generation little regarding GOD, Heaven or Hcl!, or any thing but vanity. And that commonly in ihofc Towns where is mod frolicking carried on, there are the mofl frequent breakings out of grofssins ;
Fornication in particular. 2. If wc try it by Persons. If wc go thro' the Country, we fhal! for the mod Part lind, that thofe Persons that arc ib.c grcateft Frolickcrs, and are moil addi£led to this Pra£\ice, whicii we fire fpcaking of
they arc the Persons furihcft from serious
Thought,
and are the vainefl and loofelt upon other Accounts. /\nd whence fnould this be, if such a Pra61ice was not sinful. or had not a natural tendency to lead Persons into Sin.
And furthermore, I 'appeal to the Experience of you here
you have found in your I dcfirc tliofe of you that have made Preprefent, as to what
fdvcs. tences of serious Religion; and saving Piety, and have
— and gracious Deliverance,
Ser. III.
hitherto pretended to keep feis, and your
own Souls
up Religion in your CIo-
ihzi you would seriously ask
your selves whether or no you have not found, that this Pra lice has indifpos'd you to serious Religion, Has it not tended and taken off your Minds from it ? Have you not to your negle£t of secret Prayer ? found, that after you have been to a Frolick, you have And if you have been more backward to that Duty ? not wholly neglefted it, have you not found that you have been abundantly more flighty, and ready to turn it off in any Manner, and glad to have it done with ? And more backward to reading and serious Meditation, and such things ? And that your Mind has been exceedingly diverted from Religion, and that for fomd time? I don't fend you far off to find out whether thia not beyond the Sea,
Cu (lorn be not of bad tendency
some distant Country I fend you no further than to your own Breafl to examine your own Experience in this Matter; let the Matter be determined by that. And then again, let us try this Caflom, by the Efon a Peofeft the Out- pouring of the Spirit of ple has with Refpefl to it. This we are under great Advantage to do bccaufe there has lately been here in this Place, a mofl remarkable out-pouring of the Spirit of GtOD, that ever has been in New-EngLAJJD, and it may be in theWoRLrr since the A* podles Days. And 'lis known, that before this, that Custom of young People's Frolicking did prevail in to
the Town.
And here we all know the Effect it had.
end to it. It was a Cuflom that was wholly done with It was altogether laid a side ; and was so It put an
for several Years.
It has been already flicwrt that there is ntx account can be given why the Spirit of GOD, and the flourishing of Religion should abolifli fuqh » Cuflom unlefa be bccaufo that Custom,
cither
Tcndcny an Enemy ro the Spirit of
Niiiurc or
GOD. and Reli-
gion.
Thh Fruiisof ihc Spirt of GOD crc good, and 1 hope there Qtherwife.
none
that
have the Blafphcniy to say
And therefore it is good that this Cuflom
fhouldbc removed
for this is plainly one
of the Es.
GOD.
And if Co, 'tis because ihccufloin is bnct cither in it's Nature or Tendency sc( s of the Spirit
othcrwife there would be no good in its being removed.
abolillied this Cullom for this The spirit of Reason, because if it had been lycpt up in the Town, it would have had a diie(n tendency to hinder thnt Work Tiiis w:is that the v pirit was about to do amongfl us.
undeniably the Rcafon. Skjppcfrng such a
Cuflom had brcn brgun and
up, byt-J.Ve young People all over theTo\vn,in the midil of ihe Time.of iKc late our-pouring of jHe Spirit, all
would any wife Pcrfon?, .that have truly of a sudden rejoyccd at it ? Would rhecaufe of Religion at Heart not every one at firrt Thought have concluded, w'ithout any ikfiiation, that it wis a thing tliat lookM darkand that ilicre was ly \ipnn ihc Intcrcf] of Religion p,rcai Danger that it would take ofl" People's Minds from Religion, and n:ake them vain and so put an rnd to tl.c flouiifning of Religion ? Would not every ..pficlcratc Person in this Town have t])nu ht thus of it f And if such a Cuflom would have had an ill tenvlcncy ilxn, so it will now. O/jeSIicn. The Town is not in such Circumfianccs row, as it was th.en. And iho' it might have done hurt ;
then, by putting an end to the great Concern; yet now
do r,o hurt scr there is now no such grt '4 Concern to be put .".n cj .d to by it. rjver, Tho' ilie Town is not in such Circum there 'Ir.r.ccs now as it was then, ycr it ougl)i to be Ergrgcdnc. ' of Mir.d about Re:a be as id iT»ay
rtf'tin and gracious Deliverance,
Ser. III.
as much Concern among Sinners,
ligk)n J
Engagt'dnefs among the godly, as tben
much is
And if such a Pra(rrice our Shame that there is not. would have tended to deflroy such a religious Concern, It is aRule then it certainly tends to prevent it now. that will hold, That that wh'xh has a tendency to de(Iroy aThing when it is, tends to prevent it when ic is not.
And arc we not praying from, Subbath
to Sabr
bath, and from Day to Day, for such a Concern again P And <\o not thofe of you that pretend to be converted, that have lately fct up this Cuilom, pray for the same?
Are you a Convert,
Saint,
and yet not desire ihat
there iliould be any more pouring ou of the Spirit of
TheTo'vvn has Cause to be ashamed of such And if you do, why ? dio you do what tends to prevent it ? Again, Let this Pra(5lice be tried by the Effc that ?
Converts, if it has any such
a general
Decay of Religion
Now we have a trial is
greatly dccay'd
it is
has with refpe£l:
to it.
qow a Time that Religion
amongfl us
the Effedl
Custom comes in wiih this Decay. Young People begin again to see up their old Cufiom of Froiicking, and'fpen 'ing great Part of the Night in it, to What is the Reason, the violation of Family Orders, if this.Custom is not bad, either in its Nature or Ten dency,that ic did not come in before, when Religion was lively?, Why does it (lay 'till it can take the This Advantag: of the wirhdrawmcnt of Religion ? is a (ign that it is a Cuilom that shuns a Spirit of lively Religion, as Darkness fnuns the Light, and never comes that this
'till
Light withdraws.
And here again, 1 would fend Porfot s to their own How did this PradVice come in withyou Experience. in particular
you, that two or three Years ago, fecm'd
Religion ? Did it jyjc come in, did you not begin to pra£lice it, as the sense of Religion Why did not yi or off ? /u'id what is the mr.trcr ? you D 3 to be so engag'd in
JO S £.7 H's great Temptation, Ser. III.
up the Pra£iicc then, when your Heart was
taken up about reading, Meditation, and fecrct Prayer
? If this do not at allTland in the Way of them, and is no hindrance to them, why was you not engaged in both together ? What account can you give of it ? Why did you leave off this Pra6lice and Cuflom, or abflain from it ? To what Purpose is this changing ? One while it mufl be avoided as evil, and another while pra(niced and pleaded for as good P The
making such an alteration docs not look well, nor will honor of Religion in the Eye of the whether the Pra lice be lawful or no, yet such a thing will surely be improved to our disadvantage. For your avoiding of it then, has this appearance, in the Eye of the Country that then you condemned it and therefore your now returning to it, will appear to them as backdiding in you. Such Changelings are ever more, in the Eye of the World, t reatly to the difhonour of the Profeftion they arc of. Jet it be what it wi'l. Indeed, this Custom as it is pra ! fed, does not only tend to Sin, but is in it self very difordcrly, (inful and Ihameful. For it is attended late in the Night, and in the dead of the Night, to the ncgle6 of Family Prayer, and violating all family Order which is Disorder and Profaneness. of his ordiIs that lawful to rob nary Sacrifices,for the fake of your Pieafure,Diversion, and Jollity ? Are you of that Mind, that it is a decent thing,ihat the dated Worlhip of the great GOD, Should give Way to your Mirth, and your Diversions ? Is this ihcWay of GOD's holy Children, to talk after this Manner ? Thofe Works that are commonly done jn the dead of the Night, seem to hive d lack Mark £zx upon them, by the Apoflle, and Chriflians arcexIiorted to avoid them. Rom. xiii. 12, 13. Lei us c aft Jforks on the r* the and us put ofdarknefs, let eff it
be for the
World.
m:ur of Light.
Let us zuafk honejlly, as in theDay ; not and gracious Deliverance,
not In Rioting anddrunkennefs ; not in Chambering
and Wantonness rioting
The Word here rendered,
different
term, as 11 fed in our Laws
Signification
from the
for the forcible doing ah
unlawful Thing,' by three or more Persons affcmbled Words as they are terms in the Law, are often used very niuch bcfide their common Signification. But the Word here properly figni|ies, a disorderly Convention of Persons to spend thcfr together for that Purpose.
So the Word is time together in Pleasure and Jollity. commonly used in Scripture, (Prov. xxiii. 20.) Be not amongfl riotous eaters of Flefjo, (Prov. xxviii. 7.)
He that is a Companion of riotous Men, fhameth hi (Luk
Father,
-wajled his Sub/lance with
riotous living.
Again, a black "Mark fcems to be
on such
Theft v. 5, 6, 7, 8.) Ye are all Children of the Light, and the Children of the Day :
Scripture,
(as in
we are not of the Nighty nor of 'Darkness, Therefore let us
notfieep as do others ; but let us watch and For they that /Jeep, Jleep in the Night ;
be sober.
and they that he drunk are drunken in the Ni ht. Many of you that have lately set up this Praflice ,
of frolicking and jollity, profess to be Children of the Light and of the Day and not to be the Children of and do Darkness. Therefore walk as in the Day : not thofe Works of Darkness, that are commonly done at unseasonable Hours of the Night. ;
Such things are not only condemned by theapoftle, looked upon infamous thro' the World in all Ages among soberer sort of People and all pafl Writherefore it is a thing of bad Report, tings (hew it. and so forbidden (Phil. iv. 8 ) Whatsoever things are of good Report ; if there be any Virtue any t|Ut are
Rralfe,
think $n these Things.
Objedion.
jOSE7H's great Temptation, Sep. HI.
But the wife Man allows of ihic i. when he (ays, Eccles. iii.4. There is a time to mourn, and a time t9 dance. Objection,
Pra6licc,
Answer. This is nothing to the Piirpofc si r the utmofi that any cnn pretend that it proves, is denying it to be lawful, and allowing it may be nfed under fomc Circumflances but not at all, that dancing and other ;
things ufcd by our young Peoj Ie in their Frolicks are Jawful, in thofc Circumltances ; any more than what the same Chapter, >'. 3.
is said in
kill,
proves
that it
lawful tor
— there a
a time to
commit
Mu/dcr. To deny
that dancing under rvy Circumflances whatever, was lawful, would be ablurd for there was a religious dancing in the Jewifli Chuich, that was a way of exprefhng their spiritual Mirth. So 'Daiid danced before the Lord. And he calls upon others :
ro praise in the dance. So there may be other Circumflances wherein dancing may not be unlawful. But all this makes nothing to the prefcnt Pu; pose to ])rove that iliis particular Cuflom, that we have been speaking of amongH: our young People, is not of a bad tendency. And befj'cjcs, when th.c wife Man says, ;
vhere is a time to dance, that does not prove, that the de d of the Night is the time for ir. The fan-e wiTe
Man don jufllfy carnal Mirth, but condemns EccL 2. I/aid of Laughter it is madj and of Mirth, it,
':vhat docth it f
Objr .
2. If we avoid ail such things, it will be way for our young People to be ignorant how to behave tlicmielves in Company. nfw. But confider what this Ol je tion comes to. It certainly comc!i to tliis, viz. That the pouring out i
of the Spirit of upon a People, tends to banif]\ all good Condu6>, good Breeding and decent Bchavicur from arnonr them and to fink ihcm down into ;
Clownifliners and gracious DeUvcrarsce,
And if such a' pouring out of the Spirit of GOD, as has been amongfl us, fliould be continued, it would tend to have thh Effeftj Clowniflinefs and Barbarity.
for that we have seen by Experience.
The Spirit of
GOD did a<5tually put an end to this Pra£lice among us.
But who is it amongd us that is not ashamed to make such an Objcflion ? Will any of our young Converts talk thus ? Will you that think you was converted by the late pouring out of the Spirit of
GOD,
and are made holy Persons, Heirs of eternal Life, talk so blasphemously of it ? If our young People are resolute ftjll to go on, notwithstanding all that has been said, I hope that thofb of rhem that call themselves converted.will fird find out
fomc rational, satisfying Answer to tl c /Arguments thac have been used against it. This at least may be rca* fonably expelled of them, seeing they make such a Profession. You have this Day been partaking of thjs Sacrament of the LorcPs Supper, and therein solemnly renewed your Profeftion If after such Light see before you, and such Mercy given, you will go on, Be it knownt to you, that your eating now and at other times, will prove only an eating and drinking Judgment to your selves. And 1 dclirc Hends of Families, if they have any Government over their Children or any command of their own Koufcs would not tolerate their Children in such Practices, nor suffer such Conventions in iheir Houses. I don*t desire that young People should be abridged of any lawful and proper Liberties. But this Custom can be of no Benefit or Service in the World ; it tends only to Mlfchief Satan doubtlcfs would be glad to have such an Interefl: amongfl us as he used to have j and is thcre;
for3
JO SET H's great Temptathn, Ser. III.
fore driving to steal let us rouse up
while we are flecping :
our felvcs, and vigorously oppose
Encroachments. I
ihall repeat thofe
Words of the
Apostle,
Rom,
12, 13, 14. and leave them to the serious Confithe Night deration of all Pcrfons, old and young
xiii.
is far /pent t
the T>ay is at Hand
Let us
therefore
cafl cffthe Works of Darkness, and let us put on the
Armour of Li < ht.
Let us walk
honeflly as
in the
*Day, not in Rioting and Drunkenness, not in Cham' hering and Jvantonnefs, not in Strife and Envying,
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Chri/l, and make
Provtfionfor the Flejh, to fulfill the Lufls thereof.
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