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Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ...…
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.
London: printed by J. Astwood for John Dunton, 1689
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.
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Let them that have not Remembered their Creator in the days of their Youth, now in the days of their Age be ashamed of it, and afflicted for it.
Let them that have not Remembred their Creator in the days of their Youth, now in the days of their Age be ashamed of it, and afflicted for it.
There are two sorts of Aged People to be now treated with: There are some that are Converted unto God but late: They squandered away most of all their Youth, before they turned their feet unto the Testimonies of the Lord. It becomes these Persons now, as they Remember their God, so likewise to Remember their Sin: You make that your daily Prayer, in Psal. 25. 7. Remember not against me the sins of my youth. Be assured that God's dealing with you will in many regards be quite contrary to your dealing with your Sins. If you love them, he will hate you: If you slay them, he will save you: If you would have God ⟨p. 67⟩not Remember them, O then do you remember them your selves: 'Tis said in