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 or read the Word of God, left by ſo doing ſhould endanger & aggravat his condemnation? yet there is as much reaſon from this conſideration to perſwade men to give over praying, & attending to God's Word, as to lay aſide the uſe of Sacrament. And it is every whit as true, that he prays unworthily, & hears the word of God, that is, without fruit and benefit, is guilty  great contempt of God, & of our bleſſed Saviour;  by his undevout prayers, & unfruitful hearing  God's Word, does further & aggravat his own damnation: I ſay, this is every whit as true, as he  eats and drinks the Sacrament unworthily is  of a high contempt of Chriſt, & eats and drinks  own judgment, ſo that the danger of the  performing this ſo ſacred an action is no  a reaſon to any man, to abſtain from the  than it is an Argument to him to caſt off all Religion. He that unworthily uſeth or performs any of Religion is in an evil and dangerous  but he that caſts off all Religion plungeth  into a moſt deſperat ſtate, & does certainly damn himſelf to avoid the danger of damnation:  he that caſts off all Religion, throws off all the means whereby he ſhould be reclaimed &  into a better ſtate. I cannot more fitly illuſtrat matter than by this plain Similitude. He that and drinks intemperatly endangers his health  his life, but he that to avoid this danger will  eat at all, I need not tell you what will  become of him in a very ſhort ſpace.

There are ſome conſcientious perſons who abſtain from the Sacrament, upon an apprehenſion that the ſins which they ſhall commit afterwards are unpardonable. But this is a great miſtake; Savior having ſo plainly declared, that all manner