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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 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 N. England.A call from heaven, to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse wherein 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 N. England.
Boston: printed by R.P. i.e for I. Brunning i.e, 1685
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In former Ages Asia was the Seat of the Church, whenas in these latter Ages Europe is so▪ which (o)is judged the Reason why the Book of Revelation speaks of •vents to come to pass chiefly in Europe; because since the 10 kings arose, there has the Lord Christ seen meet to uphold and propagate his Church. What shall be said more? it is evident that in the Apostles days the Mystery of Iniquity began to work much more after they fell asleep. In the Autumn of the Apostles Age, there was a great falling of many Professors, Ebion and Cerinthus sprang up whilst the Apos-Apostle ⟨p. 87⟩John was yet living. The very next ages to the Apostle began to depart from, and corrupt the Simplicity of the Gospel, in diverse respects that might be mentioned, †one long since observed, that although the Church continued a virgin until after the Apostles death, then it was soon Corrupted. It is conceived that Jude lived after most of the other Apostles were dead, which is judged to be the reason of his expressing himself as he does in ver. 17. of his Epistle: Now he complains much of a great degeneracy among those that professed Christianity.
In former Ages Asia was the Seat of the Church, whenas in these latter Ages Europe is so▪ which (o)is judged the Reason why the Book of Revelation speakes of •vents to come to pass chiefly in Europe; because since the 10 kings arose, there has the Lord Christ seen meet to uphold and propagate his Church. What shall be said more? it is evident that in the Apostles dayes the Mystery of Iniquity began to work much more after they fell asleep. In the Autumn of the Apostles Age, there was a great falling of many Professors, Ebion and Cerinthus sprang up whilst the Apos-Apostle ⟨p. 87⟩John was yet living. The very next •ges to the Apostle began to depart from, and corrupt the Simplicity of the Gospel, in diverse respects that might be mentioned,