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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.
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. 1 King. 21. 3. The Lord was the inheritance of thy Father, and wilt thou let go thy interest in him? Remember and consider that Scripture, Exod. 15. 2. The Lord is my Fathers God, and I will exalt him. So say thou, the Lord is my Fathers God, and therefore I will fear & seek and serve him.
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. 1 King. 21. 3. The Lord was the inheritance of thy Father, and wilt thou let goe thy interest in him? Remember and consider that Scripture, Exod. 15. 2. The Lord is my Fathers God, and I will exalt him. So say thou, the Lord is my Fathers God, and therefore I will fear & seek and serve him.
Consider. 2. The good & benefit that will follow upon a sincere seeking to the Lord. If there were nothing more to be said, but only this, it should be a prevailing Motive, viz. That then your parents will have joy in you; A wise son (i. e. a godly son) maketh a glad father. The Apostle John hath such an expression as this, I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.