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Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated…
Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness : preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston / by Cotton Mather ; published by a gentleman lately restored from threatening sickness as a humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.
Boston: printed by R. Pierce, 1689
TIME DISCERNED. › Proposition 2 › USE. › Direction 2: Direction, II.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Tis said in Eccles. 7. 14. In the day of Prosperity be joyful, but in the day of Adversity Consider. In a time of Prosperity: now is a time for men to Remember their Creator before the evil days come; Now is a time for men to set their heart and their soul to seek the Lord who hath given them rest on every side. In a time of Adversity, now is a time for men to bring sin to remembrance; now is a time for men to meet the Lord in all the ways of Repentance and Obedience. This is to Discern the Time. But there are especially three sorts of times which we are to fill with the Duties of those Times.
Tis said in Eccles. 7. 14. In the day of Prosperity be joyful, but in the day of Adversity Consider. In a time of Prosperity: now is a time for men to Remember their Creator before the evil days come; Now is a time for men to set their heart and their soul to seek the Lord who hath given them rest on every side. In a time of Adversity, now is a time for men to bring sin to remembrance; now is a time for men to meet the Lord in all the ways of Repentance and Obedience. This is to Discern the Time. But there are especially three sorts of times which we are to fill with the Dutyes of those Times.
First. Let the Duties of Worshipping times, be done in those times. We have our times every ⟨p. 79⟩day wherein the Lord saith, seek my Face. Now let the Echo of our souls be that in Psal. 27. 8. Thy Face, Lord, we will seek. We have every day our times for private Prayer, our times for secret Prayer, our times for Reading of, and Thinking on the Word of God. Let those things be faithfully done in those Times.
First. Let the Dutyes of Worshipping times, be done in those times. We have our times every ⟨p. 79⟩