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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 GOOD END OF A GOOD WALK. › DOCT. To be taken by God from a Mortal Estate on Earth, to a Glorio… › Application 2: USE II. Consolation.THE GOOD END OF A GOOD WALK. › DOCT. To be taken by God from a Mortal Estate on Earth, to a Glorio… › Application 2: ƲSE II. Consolation.

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USE II. Consolation.

ƲSE II. Consolation.

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Let it be our Joy, that when we are not, we shall be taken by the Lord.

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Behold a Cordial here, against three sorts of Exercises.

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First, Against all the Troubles of this Life.

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We are apt to be discouraged at the Difficulties of this Evil World: But the Voice of our God unto us, is that, in Luke 21. 28. Lift up your Heads, for your Redemption draweth nigh. Ere long you shall not be; and then your Afflictions too, they shall not be: God will take you from them all. And what says Paul's Calculation, in Rom. 8. 18. For I reckon (he speaks like an Arithmetician, or an Accountant) that the sufferings of this present time, are not worthy to be compared with the Glory which shall be Revealed. When two English Protestants, one that was Blind, another that was Lame, were leading to be Burned, they so cheered one another, Well fare we, we shall need our Crutches and our Guides no

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USE II. Consolation.

ƲSE II. Consolation.

THE DUTY AND INTEREST OF YOUTH: OR, The Thought of an Elder, on the Death of a Younger Brother. Uttered Octob. 28. 1688.