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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.
but he knew, that when God brought the Father into a state of Salvation, ⟨p. 7⟩he was wont to save however some of his Children and posterity. Hence also Paul said to Timothy, when I call to remembrance the unfeigned Faith in thee, which dwelt first in thy Grand-mother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded in thee also, 2 Tim. 1. 5. He doth probably and hopefully conclude, that Timothy did belong to God, because he was the Son of a godly mother and Grand-mother. Moreover, experience and observation doth confirm this truth, that de facto it hath been so. For the Elect are not found in all places alike, but in some Nations more then in others, and that for many Generations successively. And in some Families more then in others. There are some Families in the World, that God hath designed to show peculiar mercy to them, from generation to generation. And if an account should be taken concerning all the godly men that are now alive in the world, doubtless it would be found, that, the greatest part of them are sprung from godly Parents. Though there may be many converted ones in the world, whose Parents did not fear God, yet for the generality of true believers they are, such as have descended from believing Parents,
but he knew, that when God brought the Father into a state of Salvation, ⟨p. 7⟩he was wont to save however some of his Children and posterity. Hence also Paul said to Timothy, when I call to remembrance the unfeigned Faith in thee, which dwelt first in thy Grand-mother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am perswaded in thee also, 2 Tim. 1. 5. He doth probably and hopefully conclude, that Timothy did belong to God, because he was the Son of a godly mother and Grand-mother. Moreover, experience and observation doth confirm this truth, that de facto it hath been so. For the Elect are not found in all places alike, but in some Nations more then in others, and that for many Generations successively. And in some Families more then in others. There are some Families in the World, that God hath designed to shew peculiar mercy to them, from generation to generation. And if an account should be taken concerning all the godly men that are now alive in the world, doubtless it would be found, that, the greatest part of them are sprung from godly Parents. Though there may be many converted ones in the world, whose Parents did not fear God, yet for the generality of true believers they are, such as have descended from believing Parents,