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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
THE GOOD MANS RESOLUTION. › Section 7 › Counsel 3: The Third Rule.
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First. Be studious to know what Service God calleth for. Lie at His Feet, and say as Paul of old, Lord, What wouldest thou have me to do? or like Samuel once, Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth. Be daily Reading of the Word, be daily Thinking on the Word: upon every opportunity say, I will hear what God the Lord will say. To all, add That, as your daily Petition unto God; in Psal. 119. 115. I am thy servant, O Lord; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
First. Be studious to know what Service God calleth for. Ly at His Feet, and say as Paul of old, Lord, What wouldest thou have me to do? or like Samuel once, Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth. Be daily Reading of the Word, be daily Thinking on the Word: upon every opportunity say, I will hear what God the Lord will say. To all, add That, as your daily Petition unto God; in Psal. 119. 115. I am thy servant, O Lord; give me understandeng that I may know thy testimonies.
Secondly, Be ready to Do what Service God calleth for. Never object, never cavil against any of Gods Commands; never dispute any thing that He requires; but own, 'Tis all holy, and just, and Good. Be not more undutiful unto God, than the servants of the Centurion were to him, If He say, Go, then go; if He say Come, then come; if He say, Do this, then do it, without any Grumbling at it. Say not, I won't, although there be Hard Sayings pressed upon thee. Albeit God may enjoin this, Pluck out thy right eye, cut off thy right hand; and albeit the Injunction of God may be; Take up thy Cross; yet Comply, yet, Conform, without any Reluctancies; and say with him in Psal. 119. 128. O Lord, I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things, to be right.
Secondly, Be ready to Do what Service God calleth for. Never object, never cavil against any of Gods Commands; never dispute any thing that He requires; but own, 'Tis all holy, and just, and Good. Be not more undutiful unto God, than the servants of the Centurion were to him, If He say, Go, then go; if He say Come, then come; if He say, Do this, then do it, without any Grumbling at it. Say not, I won't, altho there be Hard Sayings pressed upon thee. Albeit God may enjoin this, Pluck out thy right eye, cut off thy right hand; and albeit the Injunction of God may be; Take up thy Cross; yet Comply, yet, Conform, without any Reluctancies; and say with him in