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Watson redivivus ... Four discourses; rescued from obscurity by J.M. Gutch
Watson redivivus Four discourses rescued from obscurity by JM Gutch Author:George Watson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A SEASONABLE ADMONITION TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OP OXFORD, ST. MARY'S, ON THE TWENTY-NINTH OP MAY, 1751. ... more » " And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch."—Mark xiii, 37. " Watch ye, stand fast in the faith."—1 Cor. xvi, 13. " Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast, which thou hast, that no mau take thy crown." Our Lord to the Church in Philadelphia.—Rev. in, 11. OXFORD: PRINTED AT THE THEATRE FOK SACKV1LLE PARKER, AND E. WITHERS, AT THE SEVEN STARS, NEAR TEMPLE BAR. MDCOLV. Imprimatur, OEO. HTTDDESFORD, Vice-Can. Oxon. Mar. 12,1755. chapter{Section 4PEEFACE CHURCH OF ENGLAND My beloved brethren,—The following discourse, not having been published at the time it was preached, was not afterwards intended for the press ; but the reasons, which then induced me to choose the subject, here considered, for the day's meditation, and to consider it in the manner I have done, are now become much stronger motives to the publication of my sentiments ; inattention and indifference to the things of God increasing more and more throughout the land, and infidelity thence taking occasion daily to insinuate its mortal venom into the very vitals of Christianity! And shall the love of Christ, in the hearts of his ministers, be less active to save his people, than the malice of Satan in the hearts of his enemies, so evidently is to destroy them ? God forbid! No—it is our duty to speak, even though we are not heard; to proclaim the glad tidings of peace, though men will remain at enmity with God ; to call off their grovelling attention from earthly to spiritual pursuits, though they should still preferearth to heaven, transitory vanities to eternal glory; to shew them the way, and the truth, and the life, even th...« less