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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.
Say not, Oh! but I have prayed, and yet see no answer to my prayers! Well but continue seeking to the Lord still; despair not of a good answer at last. That famous Mr. Rogers of Dedham, would sometimes say, If I see a child that hath either a Godly father or a godly mother, I shall have ⟨p. 25⟩hope for him a long time, but if he hath a godly Father and Mother too, He never leave hoping for him until I see him turned off the Gallows.
2. Let me direct my Exhortation to the Children of Godly parents: There are many such that hear me this day: Be you exhorted to know and serve and seek the God of your Fathers.
Consider therefore,
1. That the Lord is your Fathers God. Know the God of thy Father, saith David. Prov. 27. 10. Forsake not thy Fathers friend. And wilt thou forsake thy fathers God, who is the best friend that ever thy Father had? Children are loth to part with other things because they were their Fathers; As Naboth said concerning his vineyard, God forbid that I should part with the inheritance of my Father.