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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.
Quest. 1 What is requ••ed in this Remembering which the Text▪ speaks of?
Quest. 1 What is requ••ed in this Remembring which the Text▪ speaks of?
Answ. It is a known Rule, that in the Scripture words of Sense do imply the affections and actions. So here, it is not every kind of Remembrance of God, but that which is affectionate and practical that is intended▪ Particularly,
Answ. It is a known Rule, that in the Scripture words of Sense doe imply the affections and actions. So here, it is not every kind of Remembrance of God, but that which is affectionate and practical that is intentended▪ Particularly,
1. This Remembering doth imply a Turning to the Lord, Psal.22.27. All the ends of the W••ld shall remember, and Tur• to the Lord: Unfeigned Repentance is implied in this Remembrance. Rev.2.5. Remember from whence thou art fallen, and Repent. Ezek.6.9. They th•• escape of you shall Remember me among the Nations .e. They shall Repent and turn unto the Lord. A it is a penitential Remembrance which Solomon here speaketh of Remember thy Creator, that is, Remember to make thy peace with him, and therefore to Repent of Sin, and turn to God in the days of thy Youth.