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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 DUTY AND INTEREST OF YOUTH: OR, The Thought of an Elder, on the… › Doctrine. It is the Duty of All Men, and peculiarly of Young Men, t… › Proposition 2: Prop. II.

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Secondly, We should Remember God by our Thinking on him. The Psalmist could say in Psal. 63. 6. I Remember thee upon my Bed, and Meditate on thee in the Night-watches. We should have a Remembrance of, with a Meditation on the Holy God; awful and serious Thoughts of God should come into our Hearts often in a day: We should often be Thinking of God as our Judge, and we should Remember with our selves, I am now under the flaming Eye of God, and I shall one day stand before the Judgment-seat of God. We should often be Thinking of God as our End, and we should Remember with our selves, God has formed me for himself, I should show forth his praise. We should often be Thinking of God as our Good, and we should Remember with our selves▪ The Lord is my portion, and I have a goodly heritage. Briefly, what the Lord is in himself, the same is he to be in our daily Thoughts of him.

Secondly, We should Remember God by our Thinking on him. The Psalmist could say in Psal. 63. 6. I Remember thee upon my Bed, and Meditate on thee in the Night-watches. We should have a Remembrance of, with a Meditation on the Holy God; awful and serious Thoughts of God should come into our Hearts often in a day: We should often be Thinking of God as our Judge, and we should Remember with our selves, I am now under the flaming Eye of God, and I shall one day stand before the Judgment-seat of God. We should often be Thinking of God as our End, and we should Remember with our selves, God has formed me for himself, I should shew forth his praise. We should often be Thinking of God as our Good, and we should Remember with our selves▪ The Lord is my portion, and I have a goodly heritage. Briefly, what the Lord is in himself, the same is he to be in our daily Thoughts of him.

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Thirdly, We should Remember God by Turning to him: It is a Prophecy in Psal. 22. 27

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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 ...…

Prop. III.

Argument 1.

Argument 2.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Prop. III.

Argument 1.

Argument 2.