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Pray for the rising generation, or A sermon wherein godly parents are encouraged, to…
Pray for the rising generation, or A sermon wherein godly parents are encouraged, to pray and believe for their children, preached the third day of the fifth month, 1678. which day was set apart by the Second Church in Boston in New-England, humbly to seek unto God by fasting and prayer, for a spirit of converting grace, to be poured out upon the children and rising generation in New-England. / By Increase Mather, teacher of that church. ; [Seven lines of quotations]
printed by Samuel Green, 1678
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.
Concerning the fulfilment of this promise, this (as well as many other Scriptures which are prophetical, and promissory) doth admit of a Typical and Partial, as also an Antitypical, and more plenary Accomplishment. The Lords people whilst in Babylon were like unto dry and desolate ground; but the Lord received them afterwards, and brought them into a flourishing estate, and there was a glorious work of the Spirit of God in that matter, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts. And there will be a more glorious accomplishment of this Prophecy and Promise, when God shall pour out a Spirit of converting Grace upon the body of the Israelitish Nation.
Concerning the fulfilment of this promise, this (as well as many other Scriptures which are prophetical, and promissary) doth admit of a Typical and Partial, as also an Antitypical, and more plenary Accomplishment. The Lords people whilest in Babylon were like unto dry and desolate ground; but the Lord received them afterwards, and brought them into a flourishing estate, and there was a glorious work of the Spirit of God in that matter, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts. And there will be a more glorious accomplishment of this Prophecy and Promise, when God shall pour out a Spirit of converting Grace upon the body of the Israelitish Nation.
Moreover, the words being a special branch of the Covenant of Grace, which God hath established with his Servants and with their Children, Gentiles are concerned therein as well as Jews; for upon them is come the blessing of Abraham by Jesus Christ.
1And indeed the words have special reference unto New-Testament-times, which is also intimated by that expression of pouring the Spirit: God is said to g•ve his Spirit, under the Old-Testament, but it is very observable, that he is not said to pour his Spirit on men, except in the New-Testament, or in Scriptures that do refer to the days of the Gospel.