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Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children. In three discourses ...…
Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children. In three discourses ... To which may be added, a short scriptural catechism, accommodated unto their capacities. / By Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by R. Pierce for Nicholas Buttolph, 1690
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.
It were a Spectacle very much more Desirable and Considerable, if Christians of all Ages might •his Day stand forth among us; and in the Capa••• not only of Men, but also of Saints, give […] a good account of themselves. Behold, in •••ext represented unto us, What should be […] experience, and what the Resolution of all Ages, […] would march off with the praise of God as […] of Men! If Old Men would Expire joyful••• ••ey should be able to say, We have been well […] •uinted with our Saviour. If Young Men would […] Happily, they should be able to say, We […] t••ly Victorious over our Destroyer. If […] would Grow up Hopefully, they should […] to say, We have already acknowledged God […] Father. For me to recommend these At••ents unto the several Ages here, will be a […] of my Endeavour to give the Food in due […] ••son unto that Household of the Lord Jesus, which am an unworthy Servant in; and, Unto thee, O […] Glorious Lord, I now how my knee, that in this […] taking, thy Grace may be sufficient for me.
It were a Spectacle very much more Desirable and Considerable, if Christians of all Ages might •his Day stand forth among us; and in the Capa••• not only of Men, but also of Saints, give 〈…〉 a good account of themselves. Behold, in •••ext represented unto us, What should be 〈…〉 experience, and what the Resolution of all Ages, 〈…〉 would march off with the praise of God as 〈…〉 of Men! If Old Men would Expire joyful••• ••ey should be able to say, We have been well 〈…〉 •uinted with our Saviour. If Young Men would Happily, they should be able to say, We tly Victorious over our Destroyer. If would Grow up Hopefully, they should to say, We have already acknowledged God Father. For me to recommend these Atents unto the several Ages here, will be a of my Endeavour to give the Food in due son unto that Houshold of the Lord Jesus, which am an unworthy Servant in; and, Unto thee, O Glorious Lord, I now how my knee, that in this taking, thy Grace may be sufficient for me.