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Blessed unions. An union with the son of God by faith. And, an union…
Blessed unions. An union with the son of God by faith. And, an union in the church of God by love, importunately pressed; in a discourse which makes divers offers, for those unions; together with a copy of those articles, where-upon a most happy union, has been lately made between those two eminent parties in England, which have now changed the names of Presbyterians, and Congregationals, for that of United Brethren. / By Cotton Mather ; [Six lines from Mead]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1692
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.
Blessed UNIONS.
Recommended, from John XVII. 21. That they all may be ONE, as Thou, Father, art in me, and I in Thee, That they also may be ONE in Us.
SERMON I.
IT was a very Just Remark and Applause once bestowed upon our Blessed Saviour, That He so sp•ke as never man sp•ke; and it is a Reflection to be no less Truly made, That He prayed so as never man p•ay'd. Our Lord Jesus Christ, Ascending into the Third Heaven, where He ever lives to make Intercession for us. Left behind Him a standing Monument and Counterpane ⟨p. 2⟩of that Heavenly Intercession by which His Oblation for us becomes Effectual; and the Seventeenth Chapter of John i• the P•t in which this very Celestial Manna is Reserved. Though, A• Scripture is Profitable, and is like the Gold, Precious; and like the Sky, Sublime: Nevertheless there are peculiar Excellencies in some Scriptures, and this Chapter may be Compared unto a Pearl in that Gold, a Star in that Sky; tis, A Chapter of Degrees; & very truly, A Superlative. The Evangelist John was of Old Resembled unto an Eagle; behold, What this High Soaring Eagle ha's fetched from Heaven for our Entertainment here! Tis a prayer of our Lord Jesus Christ; whereof I may affirm, as the Great Melanchthon before me did, Ne Dignorem, nec Sanctiorem, nec Fructusiorem, nec Magi Patheticam Vocem, in Clo […] Terra uquam fuisse dam; Never was there such a Voice heard in the World before. The Words of a Dying Man, usually have in them something that is more than Ordinary; the Words of a Dying Saint