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Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ...…

Name: Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ...…
Author: Cotton Mather

Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ... changed earth for heaven, Oct. 17. 1688 whereto are added some discourses on the true nature, the great reward, and the best season of such a walk with God as he left a pattern of.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728London: printed by J. Astwood for John Dunton, 1689

[14], 60 [i.e. 62], [2], 86 p. · 32k words · Wing M1097A · ESTC R20873

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THE WALK OF HOLY and HAPPY MEN. › Doct. To walk with God is the singular Commendation of Holy and Hap… › Application 2: USE II.THE WALK OF HOLY and HAPPY MEN. › Doct. To walk with God is the singular Commendation of Holy and Hap… › Application 2: ƲSE II.

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USE II.

ƲSE II.

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And a good Advice is hence therefore given to every Man.

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O Walk with God! What? would not we gladly be as Enoch was? 'Tis said of him by Moses, He walked with God. When Paul comes to Paraphrase upon it, he so expresses it, in Heb. 11. 5. He pleased God: O 'tis pleasing to God, when he sees Men Walking with him. The Lord hath showed thee, O Man! the thing that is ⟨p. 17⟩good; and what is it? It is, Walk humbly with thy God. 'Tis noted of Enoch, That God took him: Men in their last Wills usually bequeath their Souls to God: But many a Man may do well to examine, Will he take it? will he take it? Except we are Walking with God while we Live, we shall not be taken by God when we Die. 'Tis only the Walker with God, who can expire with that Confidence, in Psal. 49. 15. He will receive me. Let us Walk with God, and at our Dissolution, we shall be Taken by him up to the matchless and endless Glories that are above; He will send his Angels, our Guardians now, and our Champions then, to take us unto the Rivers of Pleasures at Gods right Hand for evermore. Dost thou Walk with God? Behold, that is it that thy Walk tends unto. Soul, God and thou shalt never part. Yea, let us Walk with God, and we shall be taken by him, if the Destruction of the World should now come upon it. There will a Day come, when swift Lightnings and hot Thunderbolts will consume this lower World: God knows when this direful horrid Conflagration shall begin. But whenever it is, all that Walk with God shall be caught up to meet the Lord:

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Place

London

Printer

J. Astwood

Bookseller

John Dunton

Year

1689

Size

[14], 60 [i.e. 62], [2], 86 p.

Words

32,098

Catalogue

Wing M1097A · ESTC R20873

Text

EEBO-TCP A70554

Passages

317

Sections

Title page

Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ...…

USE II.

ƲSE II.

RULE I.

RULE II.

RULE III.

RULE IV.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

USE II.

ƲSE II.

RULE I.

RULE II.

RULE III.

RULE IV.