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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.
2. This Remembrance which the Text speaketh of, doth imply Service and Obedience. Psal. 119. 55. I have remembered thy name, and have •ept thy law. As they that neglect the worship and Service which they owe to the blessed God, are said to forget him▪ Psal.9.17. The wicked shall be turned into d••ll, and all the Nations that forget God. That is to say, they that do not serve God. When the Children of Israel had forsaken the ways, and corrupted the worship of God, it was said, Israel hath forgotten his Ma•er▪ Hos.8.14. So on the other hand, the Service of God is noted by that of Remembering him▪ Remember thy Creator in the days of thy Youth, h.e. Seek and serve him betimes. As David exhorted his Son Solomon, ⟨p. 98⟩whilst yet in his Youth, 1.Chron.28.9.Know, and serve the Lord with a perfect heart and a willing mind. Hence the Performance of all religious duties, especially that great duty of Prayer, is implied in this Remembering which the Text speaketh of. Jon.2.7. I Remembered the Lord▪ (•aith the Prophet) and how was that? it followeth, my Prayer came unto thee, into thine holy Temple. We read in the Gospel of Children that prayed unto the Lord, they said Hosanna, i. e. Save now we beseech thee. Math. 21. 15. That is implied in Remembering God the Creator,
2. This Remembrance which the Text speaketh of, doth imply Service and Obedience.