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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 Hell he lift up his eyes being in torments, and cried, Father Abraham have mercy on me, but all the mercy his Father Abraham would show to him was, Son, Remember that in thy life time thou hadst thy good things; As if he had said, nay, thou art justly dealt with. So will thy parents say to thee, Remember that in thy life time we instructed thee, and thou hadst good Counsel given to thee many a time, but thou wouldst not regard it. O consider of it, yea know, that if thou diest in thy sins, thy godly parents will stand forth, and testify against thee, before the Lord Jesus at the last day: As that blessed Mr. Bolton would sometimes solemnly profess to his Children, [h]Children, let any of you meet me at the day of Judgment in an unregenerate Christless estate if you dare, I will then testify against you before the Lord. Yea, thy gracious parents will join with the Lord Jesus in passing a Sentence of Eternal Condemnation upon thee. We read ⟨p. 39⟩in the book of the Revelation, how the Saints say, Hallelujah, our God hath judged the great whore, righteous are his judgments, and when the smoke of her Torment rose up for ever and ever, they worshipped God & said, Amen, Hallelujah: Even so when the Son of God shall say to thee, Depart thou cursed wretch into everlasting fire, thy father will say, Amen, Lord Jesus! This is the son, this is the daughter that I have so often instructed and warned, and told them if they did not repent of sin, & get an interest in Christ, they should certainly perish for ever, but they would not hear, therefore let thy Justice be glorified for ever in their eternal Confusion. O what an heart hast thou, if this break it not! Nevertheless,
in Hell he lift up his eyes being in torments, and cryed, Father Abraham have mercy on me, but all the mercy his Father Abraham would shew to him was, Son, Remember that in thy life time thou hadst thy good things; As if he had said, nay, thou art justly dealt with. So will thy parents say to thee, Remember that in thy life time we instructed thee, and thou hadst good Counsel given to thee many a time, but thou wouldst not regard it. O consider of it, yea know, that if thou diest in thy sins, thy godly parents will stand forth, and testifie against thee, before the Lord Jesus at the last day: As that blessed Mr. Bolton would sometimes solemnly profess to his Children, [h]