+I. Because they are the sayings of God.+
+II. They are the grand appointed means of our salvation.+
+III. Because we greatly need them.+
+IV. We grieve the Spirit of God thereby.+
+V. It is the sure way of contracting a habit of despising Divine
things in general.+
+VI. It lays stumbling-blocks in the way of others.+
+VII. Those who despise destroy themselves.+--_E. Hare._
_Abuse of Public Worship._
+I. The offence.+--1. _Habitual neglect of public worship._
2. _Attendance on public worship in an improper state of mind._
3. _Failure to improve public worship for the purposes for which it
is intended._
+II. Its sin and danger.+--1. _It involves contempt of the authority
of God._ 2. _It involves contempt of an institution with which God
has specially identified Himself._ 3. _It involved contempt of one of
the appointed means of grace._ 4. _It involves contempt of our own
soul.--G. Brooks._