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Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Four discourses, accommodated…
Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Four discourses, accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness. The first, concerning the methods wherein men ought to engage both themselves and their houses in the service of God. The second, concerning the right and best ways of redeeming time in the world. The third, concerning the carriage which we should have under trials used by God upon us. The fourth, concerning the end, which in our desires of life, we should propound unto ourselves. Preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston. / By Cotton Mather, Pastor of a church in Boston. ; Published by a gentleman lately restored from threatening sickness; as an humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Four discourses, accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness. The first, concerning the methods wherein men ought to engage both themselves and their houses in the service of God. The second, concerning the right and best waies of redeeming time in the world. The third, concerning the carriage which we should have under trials used by God upon us. The fourth, concerning the end, which in our desires of life, we should propound unto ourselves. Preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston. / By Cotton Mather, Pastor of a church in Boston. ; Published by a gentleman lately restored from threatning sickness; as an humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.
Boston: printed by R. Pierce. Sold by Jos. Brunning, 1689
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.
Prop. I.
The Praise of God is to be accounted the chief and of our Life on Earth. If our Souls do live in our Bodies, if we enjoy that Life which is an Union ⟨p. 108⟩between Soul and Body, this is to be the End of it; That we may Praise the God of our lives. It was the pious Expectation of the Psalmist, in Psal. 118. 17. I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the Lord. This is to be the Resolution of every man. Can we say, I do not die but live? We should add, I will then declare the Praises of the Lord. The first Question that the Thoughts of men should be employed upon is, […] is the […] End of Man? The true and Just answer To that Question is, The Chief End of man is to glorify God. Well, put the Question so, What is the Chief End of Life? The Answer to that Question too will be the same; It is to glorify God.
The Praise of God is to be accounted the chief and of our Life on Earth. If our Souls do live in our Bodies, if we enjoy that Life which is an Union ⟨p. 108⟩between Soul and Body, this is to be the End of it; That we may Praise the God of our lives. It was the pious Expectation of the Psalmist, in Psal. 118. 17. I shal not dy but live, and declare the works of the Lord. This is to be the Resolution of every man. Can we say, I do not dy but live? We should add, I will then declare the Praises of the Lord. The first Question that the Thoughts of men should be employed upon is, 〈…〉 is the 〈…〉 End of Man? The true and Just answer To that Question is, The Cheef End of man is to glorifie God. Well, put the Question so, What is the Cheef End of Life? The Answer to that Question too will be the same; It is to glorifie God.