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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
THE LIFE and DEATH OF Mr. NATHANAEL MATHER. › Part 2: II. His PIETY.
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.
In his private Papers, I find a wi•• Collection of Rules, by which he governed himself in the several Duties of Christianity, ⟨p. 25⟩and in all the Seasons and Stations of his Life. He consulted the best Authors for Instruction in the Affairs of practical Religion, and not into Paper only, but into Action to be transcribed what he most approved; in all which The Will of God was the bright Pole-Star by which he steered his Course.
In his private Papers, I find a wi•• Collection of Rules, by which he gover•ed himself in the several Duties of Chr•stianity, ⟨p. 25⟩and in all the Seasons and Stations of his Life. He consulted the best Authors for Instruction in the Affairs of practical Religion, and not into Paper only, but into Action to be transcribed what he most approved; in all which The Will of God was the bright Pole-Star by which he steer'd his Course.
The Reader shall enjoy (and O that he would follow) two of this Young Man's Directories: One of them was this.
I. O that I might lead a spiritual Life! Wherefore let me regulate my Life by the Word of God and by such Scriptures as these. 1. For regulating my Thoughts, Jer. 4. 14. Isa. 55. 7.