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A26350	The duty of daily frequenting the publick service of the church recommended in a sermon preached in a chapel at Wragby in Lincoln-shire erected to that purpose by Sir Edmound Turnor, Kt., and consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln the 18th day of July, 1697 / by John Adamson.	Adamson, John.	1698 (1698)	Wing A500; ESTC R27093	17,308	34

we must be supposed to acknowledge his Power to be infinitely great to punish our Sins to reward our Well-doing and to supply all our Wants Lastly We hereby acknowledge the Mercy of God to be infinite without a great Sense of which it would be both Folly and Arrogancy for us to approach unto him particularly to lay open before him all the miscarriages of our Life which generally 't is to be fear'd are so many and so heinous that we could never hope for any Pardon to them but that we believe God to be very ready to embrace every true repenting Sinner This should strongly engage us to Frequency in our Prayers which you see do so much magnifie the glorious Attributes of God which he loves to see acknowledg'd by the Sons of Men. And surely the more Publick this Acknowledgment is the more Honour it gives to God and is consequently the more acceptable to him So very acceptable to him is this Duty of pubblick Prayer that when David had but a thought to build an House for this purpose God told him that he did well even when he had done nothing neither might do any thing only had the Design of doing it in his heart and purpose The like gracious Acceptance of such Acts of Piety our Blessed Saviour himself assures us of under the Gospel in that he was effectually prevailed with to heal the Servant of the Centurion being recommended to him under this Character That he had built them a Synagoguge a place for the better Conveniency of their Religious Worship May this Chapel this day Consecrated to the like use and for the same reason find the like gracious Acceptance with our Lord 'T is also much for the Honour of our Religion and tends to gain Proselytes to it which also is another way of giving Honour to God This is so universally acknowledged That even all Religions however false or Superstitious will have their Daily Publick Offices thus it is amongst the Jews Mahometans and Papists And is not this a great reproach to Us whose Worship is much more Pure to fall so very short of them in the Exercise of it Where is our Zeal for the Honour of our excellent Religion to suffer them so much to out-doe Us in the Frequency of Religious Offices which gains a mighty Reputation to them but casts a reproach upon us 2. Frequency in Publick Prayers is very advantageous to our selves in reference to this World being the likeliest way to obtain any Blessings we desire or stand in need of either for our selves or others St. Iames tells us That the single Prayer of a righteous Man availeth much and gives us a Proof of it in Elias by this means shutting and opening Heaven first against and then for Rain And if Prayer be thus powerful when single what is it when Social when in Publick in a whole Congregation in a whole Nation When there is a pious Conspiracy of fervent Prayers from Consenting Hearts and concurring Lips all at once making as it were an Assault upon the Almighty with the Holy violence of a strong importunity to extort a Blessing from him God delights to be thus wrestled with and is not able because not willing to deny any thing convenient for his People that is thus requested of him Thus speaks Tertullian Coimus ad Deum quasi manu facta precationibus ambiamns Haec vis Deo grata est We come says he by Troops to the place of Assembly that being banded as it were together into an Army we may besiege God with our Prayers and Petitions this kind of violence is very pleasing and grateful to him Our Saviour himself saith If two of you shall agree on Earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven Hereupon St. Ignatius argues If the Prayer of one or two be of so great prevalence how much more will the Prayer of the whole Church be prevalent And no wonder is it that they should be so when they have one amongst them concurring with them in their Petitions whom God always hears even his only Son the Lord Jesus Christ. And indeed his Presence with them himself Assigns for the reason of their Prevalency with his Father For says he where two or three are gathered together in my Name there am I in the midst of them And as Publick Prayer is thus advantageous to us in respect to our Personal Wants so is it no less in respect to the Community to the Church of God to our Governours to our Relations and Friends even to all Mankind for whom our excellent Liturgy has furnish'd us with suitable Prayers even for all sorts and Conditions of Men. Hic sc. Deus bellum Lachrymosum hic miser am famam Pestemque a populo Principe Caesare Vestrà motus agetprece Horat. l. 1. Od. 21. Which Prayers when a whole Nation about the same time and in the same words of our Liturgy duely puts up to God in the Name of his dear Son surely they may expect to prevail much more than when put up by single Persons in private especially if we add God's gracious Promise to hear those Prayers more especially which are made to him in his own House in 2 Chron. 7. 12 15 16. The Lord appeared to Solomon and said unto him I have chosen this place to my self for an house of Sacrifice now mine Eyes shall be open and mine Ears attent unto the Prayer that is made in this Place For now have I chosen and sanctified this House that my Name may be there for ever And mine Eyes and mine Heart shall be there perpetually 3. Frequency in Publick Prayer greatly promotes a good Life in all those that sincerely make use of it And that both by it's natural Tendency and by the Blessing of God 1. By it 's natural Tendency Can Men that consider any thing daily Confess their Sins unto God in his own House and in the Presence of the Holy Angels and a publick Congregation and yet dare to continue in them and boldly commit them again at the next Temptation Can such easily there daily Pray as we do in our excellent Liturgy that they may hereafter live a Godly Righteous and Sober Life and yet allow themselves in gross Acts of Impiety against God in deliberate Acts of Injustice or Oppression against Man or in the heinous Acts of Intemperance and Uncleanness so directly opposite to that Sobriety they daily Pray for and thereby acknowledge they ought to Practice or in any other notorious scandalous Sin Can it be imagin'd that when they so frequently repeat that pious Petition with their own Lips their Consciences should not sometimes nay often severely rebuke them for such gross Violations of it and give an effectual Check to such Practices which the Customary Neglecters of Publick Prayer easily may and too often do pursue without any Sense

God and him to answer the great End of this his Bounty to you by living to the Honour of God and your Religion particularly by a constant and devout attendance at the Prayers and Sacraments which will be performed in this Place Be very careful I beseech you to approve your selves Widows indeed that so you may be worthy of ' that Honor i. e. Relief and Maintenance as the Original Word often signifies in Scripture which the Apostle would have to be given to such in 1 Tim. 5. 3. Honor i. e. Relieve Widows that are Widows indeed And who are such he tells us v. 5 7 10. And such I hope and heartily pray All you may be She trusteth in God and continueth in Supplications and Prayers night and day She is blameless and well reported of for good Works and has diligently followed every good Work This is the sum of what your Blessed Saviour and I presume to say your pious Benefactor also expects from you viz. That you be Constant and Serious at Prayers and Sacraments That your Conversation be Blameless and of good Report particularly for Humility Gravity Sobriety Contentedness Weanedness from the World Love and Peaceableness amongst your selves and towards all Men Graces which more especially adorn your Station and that you be diligent Followers of every good Work Then shall you approve your selves Widows indeed in the Apostles Sense to the Honor of your Lord the Reputation of your Religion the great Satisfaction of your Benefactor and the mighty Encouragement of such Pious and Charitable Acts to your own great Comforts whilst you live in this World and to your eternal Happiness in the World to come Which eternal Happiness God in his due time make you and all of us Partakers of for the sake of his dear Son Iesus Christ our Saviour To whom with the Father and Blessed Spirit be ascribed all Obedience Adoration and Praise now and for evermore Amen For the Direction and Assistance of the more Ignorant let me here add 'T is very Adviseable that all Persons when they intend to partake of our publick Prayers hasten to the House of Prayer as soon as the Bell begins to call to it that so they may have some little time before Prayers begin to raise their Devotions and fix their Thoughts upon the Duties before them by considering the Weightiness of them and the Presence of God humbly and earnestly Begging his Assistance in the Performance of them which may be done by those who are not better provided in this or the like short Prayer following Let thy merciful Ears O Lord be open to the Prayers of thy humble Servants And grant that we may now and at all times ask faithfully and obtain effectually through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this Most gracious God who hast commanded us to pray without ceasing Incline my Heart to this Duty and so assist me with thy holy Spirit now and at all times in the Performance of it that I may so ask that I may receive and so hear thy Word that I may practice it and by these Opportunities for which I bless thy Name I may daily more and more improve in Righteousness and true Holiness until I come to thine everlasting Kingdom through Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen At the Conclusion of Divine Service and before thou risest from thy Knees say to thy self this or the like short Prayer Lord in Mercy hear our Prayers and relieve all our Wants Continue unto us these means of Grace make me and all that profess thy Name to delight in them with Reverence and godly Fear to approach unto them and always to become better by them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this Blessed be thy Name O God for this Opportunity of waiting upon thee in thine House Lord pardon the Iniquity of my holy Things and make me a partaker of the Benefit of those Prayers which have been put up unto thee at this time In Mercy continue unto me these Opportunities and fit me more and more for thy Service here and for thy Kingdom hereafter for Iesus Christ his sake Amen FINIS * Hist. Eccles. l. 10. c. 3. † Exod. 30. 15 16. ‖ Godwyn's Jewish Antiq l. 6. c. 10. And Pool's Synopsis in loc * So some interpret Ier. 11. 5. and Isa. 26. 10. † Joh. 2. 16. † Matt. a 1. 12. * So it is to be understood in Isa. 9. 6. Matt. 5. 19. Luke 1. 32 35 36. Rev. 19. 13. See Dr. Hammond on Matt. 2. 23. note l. * 1 Tim. 2. 1 2. † St. Joh. 9. 31. ‖ 1 Tim. 2. 8. * Prov. 15. 8. ‖ Rom. 12. 11. † God win's Jewish Antiquit l. 2. c. 2. ‖ David Psal. 95. 6. Solomon 2 Chron. 6. 13. Daniel c. 6. v. 10. * St. Stephen Acts 7. 60. St. Petër Acts 9. 40. St Paul Acts 20 36. 21. 5. † Dr. Cave's Prim. Christ. part 1. c. 9. Tertull. de Orat. c. 12. p. 134. Contra Scripturam fecerit fi quis in Cathedrâ aut subsellio sederit factum isthud irreligiosum est nisi exprobramus Deo quod nos Ordtio fatigaverit c. * 2 Chron. 6. 8. † St. Luke 7. 5. * St. Jam. 5. 16. † Ver. 17 18. ‖ Apol. 39. A. * St. Matt. 18. 19. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Epist. ad Ephes. p. 122. † St. Matt. 18. 20. * St. Luk 11. ver 9. † Ver. 13. * Exod. 3. 5. † Ioshua 5. 15. ‖ V. Pool's Synopsis on Exod. * Aynsworth on Exod. 30. 19. † Mr. Pcole ut prius Id. ib. † 1 Cor. 11. 10. Dr. Hammond in loc note d. ‖ Gen. 18. v. 16 17. * Dr. Cave's Frim Christianity part 1. cap. 6. * 1 Kings 8. * Read the Rules for our more Devout Behaviour in the time of Divine Service in the Church of England Printed in 1695. * The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety By the Author of the VVhole Duty of Man c. 8. * Dr. Cave in his Prim. Christianity Part 1. c. 9. † Hom. 56. tom 1. p. 623. † Psal. 42. v. 2. * Mal. 1. 13. * St. Luke 2. v. 37. † Acts 2. 45. ‖ St. Luke 24. v. 53. * Dr. Hammond Annot. on Acts 1. note d. * Heb. 10. v. 25. † The Widows of the Alms-House adjoyning to the Chapel * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 v. Dr. Hammond on 1 Tim. c. 5. note d.