“We must come to God’s house with reverence. The church is not a playhouse, but a place where God meets with His people. Irreverence in worship is a profaning of God’s name. … To come to ordinances with a sleepy, drowsy heart, is to come irreverently.” —Thomas Watson

“Irreverence in the worship of God is a practical denial of His being and attributes. … To approach Him with wandering thoughts, carnal affections, or bodily distractions, is to offer the sacrifice of fools.” —John Owen

“Irreverence in the public assembly is a great sin. … To sleep in the time of divine service, to laugh, to talk, to gaze about, to be drowsy—these are tokens of a profane heart that little regardeth the majesty of God.” —William Perkins

“Take heed of coming to the worship of God in a slovenly, careless manner, either in your attire or behaviour. … To come in a dirty, unseemly habit, is to say in your heart, ‘God is not worth the best I have.’ This is profanation.”— Jeremiah Burroughs

“It is a part of religious worship to come before God in comely apparel, not in a slovenly or sordid habit. … To appear before God as if we came from the plough or the dunghill, without due preparation, is to dishonour His name.” —John Cotton