N00428:20
The serviceable man. A discourse made unto the General Court of the Massachusetts colony,…
The serviceable man. A discourse made unto the General Court of the Massachusetts colony, New-England, at the anniversary election 28d. 3m. 1690. / By Cotton Mather Minister of the Gospel. ; [Two lines of Latin quotation]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Joseph Browning, 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.
Secondly, We have his joint Supplication and Expectation thereupon. Says he, Think upon me, my God, for Good, according to all this. ⟨p. 7⟩That Expression, Think upon me, may also be Translated, Remember me. And we may not imagine, that any thing is looked for in a way of Merit, but all in a way of Mercy here. Hence we have it in those Terms, in Neh. 13.22. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and spare me according to the Greatness of thy Mercy.
Secondly, We have his joint Supplication and Expectation thereupon. Sais he, Think upon me, my God, for Good, according to all this. ⟨p. 7⟩That Expression, Think upon me, may also be Translated, Remember me. And we may not imagine, that any thing is look'd for in a way of Merit, but all in a way of Mercy here. Hence we have it in those Terms, in Neh. 13.22. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and spare me according to the Greatness of thy Mercy.
This prayer, is the Result of an observation made, upon that Goodness, and Kindness, Pity, which appears in the usual Providence of the most High, towards them that are serviceable to the people of God.
This prayer, is the Result of an observation made, upon that Goodness, and Kindness, Pitty, which appears in the usual Providence of the most High, towards them that are serviceable to the people of God.