Keeping Things in Perspective: Mere Ordinances vis-a-vis Ordinances of Spirituality

I thought I was ‘a very good Christian’ until I came across these ordinances that Christians were supposed to adhere to in the time of the Puritans. While I dare say I still did not do too badly by the ordinances, the fact that I failed to live up to all of the ordinances means it was providential I did not come into the world in the time of the…