2. This sin will mix with all thy Holy things, and so make even thy best things odious unto God; when thou prayest this sin will mix with thy Prayers, and make them an abomination to the Lord, when thou hearest a Sermon this sin will be there with thee, and if it do not stop thy ears, yet 'twill barricado up thy heart, that thou shalt hear in vain or in hearing not hear, when thou receivest the Sacra∣ment
Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Oldfield, James.
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- 1687.
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"Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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'twill mix even there also, 'twill come to the Lords Table with thee, and so thou shalt eat and drink there thine own damnation, like Judas at the Passo∣ver, the Sop and the Devil both went down his throat together, so the Sacra∣mental Bread and Wine and thy Sin all go together, and what dost thou think Christ will say of such a receiving. O sirs know this that God hates all such mix∣tures, he hates such services, 1. Isaiah 13, 14, 15, 22. verses, O saith God do not serve me so, I cannot endure this, either leave off thy sins or leave off thy sacrifices. Gideon had Seventy Sons and but one Ba∣stard, and that one Bastard destroyed all the rest; you may easily apply this to your selves, you have performed many duties, done many good works, but this sin will bane them, poyson them, destroy them all.