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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
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2. Plead the Lords gracious Covenant with him, he is very willing that you should do so: Ask me concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. Isa. 45. 11. You say you cannot give grace to your own Souls. True! But hath not the Lord in the Covenant of grace said, I will give you a new heart. Ezek. 36. 26. Plead that Promise, you especially that have had the Covenant sealed to you; why should you let your Baptism lye by you, as if it were of no use? Go to God in secret, and say, Lord thou hast promised to give a new heart to the children of thy Servants, & thy Covenant hath been sealed to me in my Baptism; Oh give me a new heart.
2. Plead the Lords g•acious Covenant with him, he is very willing that you should doe so: Ask me concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. Isa. 45. 11. You say you cannot give grace to your own Souls. True! But hath not the Lord in the Covenant of grace said, I will give you a new heart. Ezek. 36. 26. Plead that Promise, you especially that have had the Covenant sealed to you; why should you let your Baptism lye by you, as if it were of no use? Go to God in secret, and say, Lord thou hast promised to give a new heart to the children of thy Servants, & thy Covenant hath been sealed to me in my Baptism; Oh give me a new heart.
3. Do not rest in any thing that is external: Not in your relation to godly parents, & visible relation to God on that account; it is not you parents seeking unto God will save you, except you seek him your selves also. Did not the Lord say to the children of Israel, Are ye not as the children of Ethiopians unto me?