Which do you choose private or public worship?
John Owen, by John Greenhill (died 1676). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) If you had the choice between private Bible reading and prayer, or going to church, which would you choose? The Puritans would choose church. We all know the Puritans ’ welcome emphasis on private devotion and personal godliness. But they actually rated public worship even higher. For example, David Clarkson , colleague and successor to John Owen , preached a sermon on Psalm 87v2 entitled Public worship to be preferred before private , and gave 12 reasons why: 1. The Lord is more glorified by public worship than private. God is glorified by us when we acknowledge that He is glorious, and He is most glorified when t