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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.
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 Ps. 119. 164. Seven times a day will I praise thee O Lord; because of thy Righteous Judgements.
Thirdly. Let the Rod of God provoke you to His Praises. If you cannot Bless God for your Afflictions, which yet, I think, is a thing attainable; nevertheless, I'm sure you should praise God in your Afflictions. Let God gain some Glory, and we shall gain some Good, by all our Sufferings. Take the counsel in Isa. 34. 15. Glorify the Lord in the Fires.
Thirdly. Let the Rod of God provoke you to His Praises. If you cannot Bless God for your Afflictions, which yet, I think, is a thing attainable; nevertheless, I'm sure you should praise God in your Afflictions. Let God gain some Glory, and we shall gain some Good, by all our Sufferings. Take the counsil in