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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.
1. The evil which Entychus, was guilty of, in brief, he slept at a Sermon. Yea, and he did not only slumber but gave way unto Temptation, so far, as to fall into a deep sleep.
1. The evil which Entychus, was guilty of, in brief, he slept at a Sermon. Yea, and he did not only flamber but gave way unto Temptation, so far, as to fall into a deep sleep.
2. Here is noted the evil which befell him. An awful rebuke of divine providence, did at the very time when Entychus was sleeping and so sinning under the dispensation of the Word, overtake him. Being asleep, he fell down from the loft where he sat, and was killed […] the fall, […] was taken up dead. His Breath, Life, and Soul was struck out of his body; only the Lord was pleased miraculously to restore him unto life again. He was suddenly surprised with sleep; and he was in danger of being surprised with a sudden sleep of death, for it. And this is Recorded in the Scripture, that so others; yea all Christians in after Generations, who should hear of it, might beware of doing as Eutychus did, that they might take heed of sleeping, when they should be hearkening to that word, which ⟨p. 195⟩is spoken of them, in the Name of the Lord.
2. Here is noted the evil which befell him. An awful rebuke of divine providence, did at the very time when Entychus was sleeping and so sinning under the dispensation of the Word, overtake him. Being asleep, he fell down from the loft where he sat, and was killed 〈…〉 the fall, 〈…〉 was taken up dead. His Breath, Life, and Soul was struck out of his body; only the Lord was pleased miraculously to restore him unto life again. He was suddenly surprized with sleep; and he was in danger of being surprized with a sudden sleep of death, for it. And this is Recorded in the Scripture, that so others; yea all Christians in after Generations, who should hear of it, might beware of doing as Eutychus did, that they might take heed of sleeping, when they should be hearkening to that word, which