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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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3. Oh! that our occasional meetings might be improved for the good of this, and after-generations. Because of the Capacity and holy Relation we stand in before the Lord, it is expected we should not be like other men, they may meet together & spend the time in discourses of their own personal Concerns; but we have the care and Charge of souls committed to us: Yea, (in our measure) the Care of all the Churches ought to be upon us: Nay more, we must be solicitous for those that shall come after us. Such a public Spirit well becomes our public Capacity, and therefore upon all occasions to speak and act accordingly. And verily the Lord will write down these discourses in his Book of Remembrance, and we ⟨p. 122⟩shall be glad to hear of them again at that day. We must every one of us (Ministers as well as People) appear in a greater congregation than this, and then we shall not be sorry that we have laid our selves out for God and for his People; yea, the more we have done for Christ and for the Generation wherein we live, the greater will our glory be when we shall hear the Lord Jesus saying, Well done thou faithful servant, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord.
3. Oh! that our occasional meetings might be improved for the good of this, and after-generations. Because of the Capacity and holy Relation we stand in before the Lord, it is expected we should not be like other men, they may meet together & spend the time in discourses of their own personal Concerns; but we have the care and Charge of souls committed to us: Yea, (in our measure) the Care of all the Churches ought to be upon us: Nay more, we must be solicitous for those that shall come after us. Such a publick Spirit well becomes our publick Capacity, and therefore upon all occasions to speak and act accordingly. And verily the Lord will write down these discourses in his Book of Remembrance, and we ⟨p. 122⟩shall be glad to hear of them again at that day. We must every one of us (Ministers as well as People) appear in a greater congregation than this, and then we shall not be sorry that we have laid our selves out for God and for his People; yea, the more we have done for Christ and for the Generation wherein we live, the greater will our glory be when we shall hear the Lord Jesus saying, Well done thou faithful servant, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord.