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Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church
Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church; delivered in a sermon at Boston, and now dedicated unto the service of all, but especially of those whose concerns lye in ships. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1689
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
APPLICATION.
This may Encourage us, both in Lovi•• and in Serving of the Church.
Our Loving of the Church, is not to […] confined unto this or that particular Assembly. Indeed there is a peculiar Love du• to that Assembly, which we are in Covenant withal; and even in the Matters […] Business, as well as of Charity, this Lov• may show it self. There are some Churches in England, where the Members are agreed, That if there be any One of their ow• communion which can furnish them with such […] such a commodity, they will go to him, before they go to any other. 'Tis a Loving practice▪ But our Love must extend it self to th• ⟨p. 25⟩•hole Household of Faith ▪ And in ou• Serving of the Church, we should Remember, ••at when we do a Service for this or that particular Assembly, we do it for all the •hole Community. Every Believer fa•es […] better, for every Prayer, every Sermon, […] Book, which God helps us to Edify […] one Church withal. Wherefore, Let ere be in us, What was in Paul, in 2 Cor. :28. The care of all the Churches.