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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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There is a forsaking God in respect of his […] ••st•tutions, Hence a people that are without […], are said to be without God, 2. […]. 15.3. it is there mentioned that Isra-Israel ⟨p. 57⟩had for a long season been without the true God, because they had been without the Ministry and without Ordinances. If these be not duly observed the Lord is forsaken, Isai 65.11. but ye are they that forsake the Lord, and forget my holy mountain, so that to forget the holy Mountain h. e. the neglect of Divine worship and Ordinances, is a Forsaking of the Lord. Look as when the Lord doth deprive a people of his Ordinances, He is said to forsake them, Jer. 23.33. I will even forsake you saith the Lord; the meaning is (saith Calvin) you shall no more have Ministry and Ordinances among you; so when they are willing to be deprived thereof, they may be said to forsake him, Judg. 10.6. they forsook the Lord and served him not. Not to regard the Service of God is to Forsake him. For in Ordinances we have to do with God, Heb. 4.13. in Hearing the Word, in Prayer, in Sabbaths, in Sacraments we have to do with God.
There is a forsaking God in respect of his 〈…〉 ••st•tutions, Hence a people that are without 〈…〉, are said to be without God, 2. 〈…〉. 15.3. it is there mentioned that Isra-Israel ⟨p. 57⟩had for a long season been without the true God, because they had been without the Ministry and without Ordinances. If these be not duly observed the Lord is forsaken, Isai 65.11. but ye are they that forsake the Lord, and forget my holy mountain, so that to forget the holy Mountain h. e. the neglect of Divine worship and Ordinances, is a Forsaking of the Lord. Look as when the Lord doth deprive a people of his Ordinances, He is said to forsake them,