A50172:64
The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the…
The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the governor, council, and representatives of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England on May 23, 1690 by Cotton Mather.The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the governour, council, and representatives of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England on May 23, 1690 by Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by Richard Pierce for Benjamin Harris, 1690
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, A People should be with God, by Communion [With] Him. This tis to be With Him; There are Certain means of Communion between God and us; and these we must be continually approaching to Him in. We are With God, while we are at Prayer before Him; hence in our Context here, it immediately follows, If you seek the Lord, He will be found of you. While we do seek Him, we are with Him. The Psalmist was a man much in prayer, and therefore he could say as in Psal. 73. 23. I am continually with thee. A people much in Prayer may say the same, We are continually with the Lord. A people that will pray upon all occasions, a people that will pray over all Businesses, a peothat will retire into the Mount for Prayer (and Fasting too) at every turn; that people is with the Lord. And the whole Worship of God must be, diligently, graciously, faithfully frequented by a people that would be with Him. We are with God, when we are at His House. A people should support & esteem, and use all the Ordinances of God among them. The Church of God hath His very special Presence in it; the Name of the Church is that in Ezek. 48. 35. Jehovah Shamm•h, the Lord is there. We should all be there ⟨p. 15⟩too, and there give those Encouragements which are due to the Institutions of God; So shall we be with the Lord.
First, A People should be with God, by Communion [With] Him. This tis to be With Him; There are Certain meanes of Communion between God and us; and these we must be continually approaching to Him in. We are With God, while we are at Prayer before Him; hence in our Context here, it immediately follows, If you seek the Lord, He will be found of you. While we do seek Him, we are with Him. The Psalmist was a man much in prayer, and therefore he could say as in Psal. 73. 23. I am continually with thee. A people much in Prayer may say the same, We are continually with the Lord. A people that will pray upon all occasions, a people that will pray over all Businesses, a peothat will retire into the Mount for Prayer (and Fasting too) at every turn; that people is with the Lord. And the whole Worship of God must be, diligently, graciously, faithfully frequented by a people that would be with Him. We are with God, when we are at His House. A people should support & esteem, and use all the Ordinances of God among them. The Church of God hath His very special Preseuce in it; the Name of the Church is that in