ABSTRACT
Most people believe sincerely, that they ought to obey GOD’s Commands, and have often an Apprehension, that they shall be punish’d for the Neglect of it. As most Men are worse than they would seem to be, so again they are better, than from their Actions. Difficulties they meet with, in striving against Nature, and conquering their Inclinations, are unsurmountable. Christians are commanded to meet and enjoy together in divine Worship. It is wrong always to judge of Man’s Inclinations from the Sins he is guilty of. As to the rites and ceremonies of outward worship, too rigidly insisted on by some, and too peevishly rejected by others; they are one of the chief causes of our intestine quarrels. Horatio was Apprentice to a creditable Tradesman, and but Nineteen Years old, when he was married to a young beautiful Creature, with a tollerable Fortune, who was a Neighbour’s Daughter fal’n in Love with him.
