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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.
Consider, 4. There are many Children of godly Parents to be seen, that do not seek the Lord God of their Fathers. Yea, how many such are there in New England, that are not of their Fathers principles? If a Temptation should come it is to be feared, that the greatest part of this Generation would comply, and disown that cause which their Fathers suffered for. How many that are not of their Fathers Spirit; not heavenly minded, but pursuing worldly Interests with their whose hearts; Nor zealous for God, and his glory, but lukewarm, and woefully indifferent in the matters of Religion; Nor in practice and conversation like their Fathers; Not of an holy gift conversation, but loose and vain, & vile and vicious; Swearers, Gamesters, given to rioting and drunkenness, Chambering and wantonness! Nay, how many are there before the Lord in this Congregation, that never sought the God of their Fathers, even to this day? Some that never prayed in their lives, or never in earnest; You Children, it may be you say a prayer, a few words that you have been used to, but are you in earnest? do you cry to God as for your lives? do you take the Kingdom of Heaven by violence? O but few such!
Consider, 4. There are many Children of godly Parents to be seen, that do not seek the Lord God of their Fathers. Yea, how many such are there in NewEngland, that are not of their Fathers principles? If a Temptation should come it is to be feared, that the greatest part of this Generation would comply, and disown that cause which their Fathers suffered for. How many that are not of their Fathers Spirit; not heavenly minded, but pursuing worldly Interests with their whose hearts; Nor zealous for God, and his glory, but lukewarm, and wofully indifferent in the matters of Religion; Nor in practice and conversation like their Fathers; Not of an holy gift conversation, but loose and vain, & vile and vitious; Swearers, Gamesters, given to rioting and drunkenness, Chambering and wantonness! Nay, how many are there before the Lord in this Congregation, that never sought the God of their Fathers, even to this day? Some that never prayed in their lives, or never in earnest; You Children, it may be you say a prayer, a few words that you have been used to, but are you in earnest? do you cry to God as for your lives? do you take the Kingdome of Heaven by violence? O but few such!