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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.
First, Mark and Prize your Opportunities to be Pr•••ing of God. Every man has his Opport• nities. Some have an Instrument of a Thousand Strings; but the meanest of us all has an Instrument of Ten strings, for our God to be praised with. Let every man often enquire, What are my Opportunities to glorify God? And let every man always conclude, My Opportunities are my Treasures.
First, Mark and Prize your Opportunities to be Pr•••ing of God. Every man has his Opport• nities. Some have an Instrument of a Thousand Strings; but the meanest of us all has an Instrument of Ten strings, for our God to be praised with. Let every man often enquire, What are my Opportunities to glorify God? And let every man alwaies conclude, My Opportunities are my Treasures.
Secondly. Let the Word of God Direct you in His Praises. Be often Consulting of that: Peace will be on al•, and Praise will be from all, that walk according to this Rule. A Bible,—Christians, let That be your Counsellor on all Occasions. ⟨p. 124⟩The Psalmist could say in Ps. 119. 164. Seven times a day will I praise thee O Lord; because of thy Righteous Judgements.
Secondly. Let the Word of God Direct you in His Praises. Be often Consulting of that: Peace will be on al•, and Praise will be from all, that walk according to this Rule. A Bible,—Christians, let That be your Counsellour on all Occasions. ⟨p. 124⟩The Psalmist could say in