A50172:65
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.
Secondly, A people should be with God by Activity [For] Him. To be For God is to be with God. It was once the Summons given in Exod. 32. 26. Who is on the Lords lide? And all the Sons of Levi gathered themselves; they were with God in doing so. Tis a Summons given to the world in every Generation, Who is on the Lords side? They that obey the Summons are with the Lord. A people full of Contrivances for the Interest of God, are with Him. A people should set themselves to advance the Glory of God; they should own His Truths, and His Ways; and endeavour to draw all about them into the Acknowledgement of the same. A people should propound the Glory of God as their chief End and the main Scope of all that they do; and they should think much of no Cost, no Pains, nor (tho, as a Martyr once expressed himself, tho' every hair on their heads were a life) should a Thousand Lives be dear unto them, in the promoting of it. Then are they with the Lord; they are so, when God can say of them, as in Isa. 43. 10. Ye are my Witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant.
Secondly, A people should be with God by Activity [For] Him. To be For God is to be with God. It was once the Summons given in Exod. 32. 26. Who is on the Lords lide? And all the Sons of Levi gathered themselves; they were with God in doing so. Tis a Summons given to the world in every Generation, Who is on the Lords side? They that obey the Summons are with the Lord. A people full of Contrivances for the Interest of God, are with Him. A people should set themselves to advance the Glory of God; they should own His Truths, and His Wayes; and endeavour to draw all about them into the Acknowledgement of the same. A people should propound the Glory of God as their cheef End and the main Scope of all that they do; and they should think much of no Cost, no Pains, nor (tho, as a Martyr once expressed himself, tho' every hair on their heads were a life) should a Thousand Lives be dear unto them, in the promoting of it. Then are they with the Lord; they are so, when God can say of them, as in Isa. 43. 10. Ye are my Witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant.