to the Jllafier of a Fzuéziify. ' to":

may arife from one godly Family, whata Harwell may
fpring up from a fingle Seed ; and on the other Hand,
it is impoflible to fay, how many Souls mav at length

'perilh by the treacherous Neglect of a finéle Perfon,

and to {peak plainly, by your own.

Thefe, Sir, are the Arguments I had to plead u-ith
you, and which I have felefted out of many more:
And now give me eave ferioully to afit you, as in the
Prefence of Goo, Whether there be not on the xvhole an
unanfsiverable Force in them? And if there be, what
follows, but that you immediately yield to that Force,
and fet up l-‘amillv-VJorfhip tbi: weir Day. For me-
thinits, l xt'o:ld hardly thank you for a i-i-sfilution to do
it To-Zifarraui, f0 little do I eszpeft from that Refolution.
How can you excufe yiourilalf in the continued Omif-
fion? Bring the ll/latter before Goo : He. qt-ili’ be the
final Judge of it; and if you cannot debate the Chief-
tion as in his Prefence, it is a Sign ofa bad Caufe, and
ofa bad Heart too; xvhich is confcious or’ the Badnefs
ofthe Caufe, and Ive: wiil  give it up, nor comply
with a Duty, of your Gltligations to tvhich you are fe-
"cretly convinced, and yet in eFFe-‘ct fay, “ l will go on
“ in this Sin, and venture the Consequence.” Oh it is
a dreadful Venture, and xvill be foundin eiTeG [extracting
tire Lott!) ta ffealazaf‘, a: jzx: =zt'e;~e_fira:;ger than is i‘.

But perhaps there may arife in your lVlind fozne Ob.»
jefiions, which may in fome Degree break the Force of
this Conviction, and which in that View it may be ex-
pedient for meato difcufs a little, before Idifmifs the Sub-
jeEt and clofe my Addrefs to you. You may perhaps be
ready to objeft,

l. “ That Famzfy-Prayer i: not in f0 many Words
“ cafnmandedin Scriftzzre; and therefore however expe-
“ dient in fome Cafes, it cannot be f0 univerfal and f?»
" important a Duty, as we reprelieut it.”

I anfwer plainly, that i: is ltrongly" recommendedlin
Scripture, and confequentially commanded ; as there are
Precepts, which plainly include, tho’ they do not par‘
ticularly exprefs it. And I appeal to yourfelf in (hi;

Matter. When G01) is reprefented as giving this Rea-
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