N00524:51
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
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Again, Another End of Prayer, is, That we may reduce into Christian Practice, the chief Doctrines of Christianity. As now, to instance in ⟨p. 26⟩one or two; There is the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Unity of the God-head; the Mystery of God beholding Himself with an Essential Perception, producing ••ence an Essential Satisfaction and so Three Persons in one God, This is a most profound […]. But in Prayer, this Incomp••• […] […] Mystery, becomes practically ••••ervable and Applicable. […] […] in Eph. 2. 18. […], we both have Access, by one Spirit unto the Father. Such a process of Soul-affairs there is in our Prayers: First, God the Father as a Judge, does by the Spirit of Bondage drive us to the Lord Jesus Christ, as our Mediator: and then, the Lord Jesus Christ, as our Mediator, does by […] […] […] Adoption carry us […] to God, as our Father. So the Trinity becomes as clearly manifested unto us, […] was on the Banks […] […], to •he Spectators of our Lords […]. Thus, the whole Mediation of the ⟨p. 27⟩Lord Jesus Christ, with all the methods of Reconciliation between God and us, and many more such Illustrious Mysteries of Godliness, are most practically Illustrated in this piece of Godliness, our Prayer unto our God.
Again, Another End of Prayer, is, That we may reduce into Christian Practice, the chief Doctrines of Christianity. As now, to instance in ⟨p. 26⟩one or two; There is the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Unity of the God-head; the Mystery of God beholding Himself with an Essential Perception, producing ••ence an Essential Satisfaction and so Three Persons in one God, This is a most profound 〈…〉. But in Prayer, this Incomp••• 〈…〉 〈…〉 Mystery, becomes practically ervable and Applicable. in