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A call from heaven to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse wherein…A call from heaven to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse wherin…
A call from heaven to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse wherein is showed, I. That the children of godly parents are under special advantages and encouragements to seek the Lord. : II. The exceeding danger of apostasy, especially as to those that are the children and posterity of such as have been eminent for God in their generation. : III. That young men ought to remember God their creator. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Nine lines of quotations]A call from heaven to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse wherin is shewed, I. That the children of godly parents are under special advantages and encouragements to seek the Lord. : II. The exceeding danger of apostasie, especially as to those that are the children and posterity of such as have been eminent for God in their generation. : III. That young men ought to remember God their creator. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Nine lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1679
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.
And let it be our Prayer and endeavour, that they who shall stand upon the Stage of this world as soon as we are gone, may be and do better then their Predecessors, that there may be no cause to think of what sometimes an Heathen expressed, Aetas Parentum, p•jor Avis, tulit […] •equiores, mox daturos Progeni•m vitiosiozem.
And let it be our Prayer and endeavour, that they who shall stand upon the Stage of this world as soon as we are gone, may be and doe better then their Predecessors, that there may be no cause to think of what sometimes an Heathen expressed, AEtas Parentum, p•jor Avis, tulit 〈…〉 •equiores, mox daturos Progeni•m vitiosiozem.
What shall come on the Rising Generation in New-England, is with Him that knoweth all ⟨image ?⟩The present Aspect of Providence is dismal on more accounts then one; especially in that God hath been removing the Pillars of this Generation, even those that have stood in the Gap, and would have done much towards keeping out a Deluge of overflowing Judgments. It is not ten years since Mitchel died (not to speak of others whom this Generation lost at that time, for one such stroke seldom goeth alone) and all New-England shook when that Pillar fell to the ground. For all this, his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still: Of late he that holds the Stars in his right hand, hath caused some of our brightest Lights to set; and is not that a sign of darkness to follow? Such Rebukes of God make the Pillars of Heaven to tremble. And what shall we say, when the Lord is threatening to dry up that fountain, whose streams have made glad the City of God? Poor New-England! Shall the day come, when there will be none to guide thee, of all the Sons thou hast brought forth? Doubtless, the Lord will not as yet, wholly cast off a Generation that are the Posterity of his faithful Servants, that forsook all for Christ, and that they might leave their Children under the blessed wings of the Lord, Jesus. Nevertheless, how low he may bring this Generation, and how long it shall continue, who can […] Only it is likely to be until men shall say,