Puritan Sailor
Puritan Board Doctor
From Puritan Sermons, Vol. 1, pg. 402; "How may we cure distractions in holy duties?" by Thomas Manton (preaching on Matt 15:7-8)
"Carelessness in duties is the highway to atheism.- For every formal and slight prayer doth harden the heart, and make a way for contempt of God. Men that have made bold with God in duty, and it succeeds well with them, - their awe of God is lessened, and the lively sense of his glory and majesty abated, till it be quite lost: by degrees they outgrow all feelings and tenderness of conscience; every time you come to God slightly, you lose ground by coming, till at length you look upon worship as a mere custom, or something done for fashion's sake."
Thoughts?
"Carelessness in duties is the highway to atheism.- For every formal and slight prayer doth harden the heart, and make a way for contempt of God. Men that have made bold with God in duty, and it succeeds well with them, - their awe of God is lessened, and the lively sense of his glory and majesty abated, till it be quite lost: by degrees they outgrow all feelings and tenderness of conscience; every time you come to God slightly, you lose ground by coming, till at length you look upon worship as a mere custom, or something done for fashion's sake."
Thoughts?
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