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Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness
Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness: wherein several important duties, are urged, and the evil of divers common sins, is evinced; delivered in sundry sermons. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green upon assignment of Samuel Sewall, 1682
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.
They are willing to do as the Apostle doth exhort. Eph. 5. 16. Redeem the time. They know that they have but a little time to be […] world; but a little time to leave and […] God, and make sure […] these […] in. Therefore they are loth to […] their precious hours to the lusts of men or to lose any part of their time. Whereas that time which is spent in sitting with vain persons is misspent and lost; and a miserable account is like to be given of it at the last day. The holy spirit of God has made his Servants sensible that it will be with them to eternity according as they improve their moment […] If they spend their time well so as to be always doing good, they shall at the day of Judgement become the Subjects of an exceeding and eternal weight of glory. They that know •his, it is not to be wondered at, if they are unwilling to lose precious time in sitting with vain persons.
They are willing to do as the Apostle doth hort. Eph. 5. 16. Redeem the time. They know that they have but a little time to be 〈…〉 world; but a little time to leave and 〈…〉 God, and make sure 〈…〉 these 〈…〉 in. Therefore they are loth to 〈…〉 their precious hours to the lusts of men or to lose any part of their time. Whereas that time which is spent in sitting with vain persons is mispent and lost; and a miserable account is like to be given of it at the last day. The holy spirit of God has made his Servants sensible that it will be with them to eternity according as they improve their moment 〈…〉 If they spend their time well so as to be alwayes doing good, they shall at the day of Judgement become the Subjects of an exceeding and eternal weight of glory. They that know •his, it is not to be wondred at, if they are unwilling to lose precious time in sitting with vain persons.