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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.
said, Son, remember that in thy life time thou hadst thy good things; As if he had said, nay, thou art justly dealt with. So will thy Parents say to thee, Remember that in thy life time we instructed thee, and thou hadst good counsel given to thee many a time, but thou wouldest not regard it. Oh consider of it! yea know, that if thou dyest in thy sins, thy godly Parents will stand forth, & testify against thee, before the Lord Jesus, at the last day; As that blessed man Mr. Bolton, would sometimes solemnly profess to his Children, [k]Children, let any of you meet me at the day of Judgement, in an unregenerate Christless estate if you dare, I will then testify against you before the Lord. Yea, thy gracious Parents will join with the Lord Jesus, in passing a Sentence of Eternal Condemnation upon thee; We read in the book of Revelation, how the Saints say, Hallelujah, our God hath Judged the great whore, Righteous are his Judgements, and when the finoke ⟨p. 29⟩of her Torment rose up for ever and ever, they worshipped God, and said, Amen, Hallelujah; Even so, when the Son of God shall say to thee, depart thou cursed wretch into Everlasting Fire, thy Father will say, Amen, Lord Jesus! This is the Son, this is the daughter, that I so often instructed and warned, and told them if they did not repent of sin, and get an interest in Christ, they should certainly perish for ever, but they would not hear, therefore let thy Justice be glorified for ever in their eternal confusion. O what an heart hast thou, if this break it not? Nevertheless,
said, Son, remember that in thy life time thou hadst thy good things; As if he had said, nay, thou art justly dealt with. So will thy Parents say to thee, Remember that in thy life time we instructed thee, and thou hadst good counsel given to thee many a time, but thou wouldest not regard it. Oh consider of it! yea know, that if thou dyest in thy sins, thy godly Parents will stand forth, & testifie against thee, before the Lord Jesus, at the last day; As that blessed man Mr. Bolton, would sometimes solemnly profess to his Children, [k]Children, let any of you meet me at the day of Judgement, in an unregenerate Christless estate if you dare, I will then testify against you before the Lord. Yea, thy gracious Parents will joyn with the Lord Jesus, in passing a Sentence of Eternal Condemnation upon thee; We read in the book of Revelation, how the Saints say, Hallelujah, our God hath Judged the great whore, Righteous are his Judgements, and when the finoke