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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.
Consider 1. How infinitely worthy of a Room in your Hearts, the Lord Jesus, is! Look upon his Dignity, and •ee whether it be fit for you to put •eights upon him! When the Angels behold him, (for 'tis him they beheld) […] Isa. 6. 3. they cry out, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, yea, the whole ••irth is full of his Glory. And will any of you be doth to have An heart filled with the Glory of that holy Lord. When he first came to Heaven after […] being made Flesh. O had you seen what a Welcome all the Inhabitants of the Heavenly Regions gave unto Him there! Doubtless, the whole City of God was presently mo•'d at the Report of his Arrival, and they all •ast themselves down before him, with ⟨p. 26⟩most Joyful Ado•ations owning, […] Our Lord, our Lord, Thou h•st made New Heaven for us by thy coming hither. Alas, those Hearts are nothing but mere Hells, which do not give like Welcome to this Matchless Lord Again, Look upon his Relation, an• see whether it be congruous for him to be slighted with you. He speak to us in that Language, Cant. 5, 2. Open to me my Sister, my Love, my •ove. Is it according to the Rule of Civility or Behaviour, for a Sister to bid her Brother be gone, or Wife her Husband, or a Child hi• Father? Truly, far worse manners are used in the Contempt that you thr•• upon the Lord Jesus Christ. It was most abominably Insolent for the Pope to make his Emperor wait three day in the Cold abroad, before he would give him Audience; but methinks 'tis more abominable for us to serve our SAVIOUR so. And that which aggravates the miscarriage, is. The Earnestness, the Vehemence, the I•porunity with which our Lord presses for a ⟨p. 27⟩