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 their 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]