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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.
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 Isa. 34. 15. Glorifie the Lord in the Fires.
To Enforce these Three Things;
Consider that Thing with is intimated in the Text. The Lives of your Souls are enwrapped in the praises of God. Says the Psalmist, Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee. So I may say, Let thy Soul praise, and it shall live. A praising Soul, is a Thriving Soul. In this consisteth Life Eternal it self, The Life of thy Soul in the Third Heaven, will be the praise of thy God for evermore. Praise God for thy Life; it is a mercy well worth praise. Praise God by thy life; so thou wilt begin Heaven upon Earth.
Consider that Thing wich is intimated in the Text. The Lives of your Souls are enwrapped in the praises of God. Saies the Psalmist, Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee. So I may say, Let thy Soul praise, and it shall live. A praising Soul, is a Thriving Soul. In this consisteth Life Eternal it self, The Life of thy Soul in the Third Heaven, will be the praise of thy God for evermore. Praise God for thy Life; it is a mercy well worth praise. Praise God by thy life; so thou wilt begin Heaven upon Earth.