The duty of believers to oppose the growth of the kingdom of sin, pressed; the means and manner of managing this opposition explained; the ways whereby men become guilty of discouraging others from vigorous attempts against the growth of vice, and the carnal grounds of thei so doing detected : In a sermon preached before the Honourable Artillery Company in Boston, on the day of their anniversary election, in the year 1708. By Samuel Danforth, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Taunton. [Five lines of Scripture texts].