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The day, & the work of the day. A brief discourse, on what fears…
The day, & the work of the day. A brief discourse, on what fears we may have at this time to quicken us; what hopes there are at this time to comfort us: and what prayers would be likely to turn our prayers into hopes. With reflections upon time and state, now come upon the Church of God, and collections of certain prophecies relating to the present circumstances of New-England. Uttered on a fast, kept in Boston, July 6th. 1693. / By Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by B. Harris, 1693
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Day, and the Work of the Day. › Proposition 2: PROPOSITION II.
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PROPOSITION II.
There should be a Gracious and a Devout FEAR in our Soul, to be the Spur of our Prayer to our God; a Fear that must not be Rejected. We have two things here to Think upon.
The First Question.
What is that Prayer-quickening Fear, which must not be Rejected?
What is that Prayer-quickning Fear, which must not be Rejected?
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