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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
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.
Counsel. 2.
Counsil. 2.
Cry mightily to God, that He would give you the Gold which will endure all Trials whatsoever. Our Lord saith unto us in Rev. 3. 18. I counsel thee to buy of me Gold tried in the fire. That Gold is Grace; let us buy that is, let us beg it of Him. Let us make that our fervent & our frequent Prayer, in Psal. 119. 80. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed! Be careful and prayerful, that you may be New Creatures and have the Root of the matter in your souls: Be careful and prayerful, That you ⟨p. 99⟩may have Oil in your vessels: Be careful and prayerful, That you may have in you, the well of water which springs up into everlasting life. Let your prayers be restless, till you find that you are indeed Born again, indeed Converted, indeed Sanctified. As for the Grace of God, my son, seek it as silver; for indeed, the Gain of it is better than fine gold.
Cry mightily to God, that He would give you the Gold which will endure all Tryals whatsoever. Our Lord saith unto us in Rev. 3. 18. I counsel thee to buy of me Gold tried in the fire. That Gold is Grace; let us buy that is, let us beg it of Him. Let us make that our servent & our frequent Prayer, in