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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.
3. Young men as well as others owe service unto God; He is their Creato•• the Text expresseth. Now that one consideration hath great weight in it, to enforce duty and obedience. For certainly, all owe service unto him, from whom they have received their Beings, Psal.95.6. O come let us worship and from […], let us k•eel before the Lord our Maker. He ⟨p. 100⟩•ath made all for himself: from him and for him are all things. He as Creator hath given unto men reasonable Souls, in respect whereof, they are capable of knowing and serving the Lord: and he is able to destroy them: He that made them can destroy them: as it is said concerning that creature, He that made […], can cause his sword to approach unto him, Job 40. 19 Therefore it concerns men to fear their Creator.
3. Young men as well as others owe service unto God; He is their Creato•• the Text expresseth. Now that one consideration hath great weight in it, to enforce duty and obedience. For certainly, all owe service unto him, from whom they have received their Beings, Psal.95.6. O come let us worship and from 〈…〉, let us k•eel before the Lord our Maker. He ⟨p. 100⟩•ath made all for himself: from him and for him are all things. He as Creator hath given unto men reasonable Souls, in respect whereof, they are capable of knowing and serving the Lord: and he is able to destroy them: He that made them can destroy them: as it is said concerning that creature, He that made 〈…〉, can cause his sword to approach unto him,