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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
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Moreover; A Third End of Prayer is, That we may Express and Profess our Dependence on the God, who made us Depending Beings. What said the Psalmist? in Psal. 62. 8. Trust in him at all Times, ye People. Well, but how shall People show their Trust in God? It follows, Pour out your Heart before him. Our Out-poured Souls in Prayer, declare, That we must ascribe to God, all that we have, all that we hope, all that we ask; that nothing is owing to any Blind Chance at all. When we do by Prayer go to God, That He would Give us our Daily Bread, We do thereby say, That our Bread is none of our own till He give it us. 'Tis Thievery to take any thing without the Owners Leave: Wherefore 'tis ⟨p. 28⟩said, Every Thing is Sanctified by Prayer; why, by Prayer for every thing, we do say, That God is the Right Owner of that Thing; That we may not meddle with it, except God will allow us to have it; Yea, That we cannot come at it at all, except God confer it upon us.
Moreover; A Third End of Prayer is, That we may Express and Profess our Dependance on the God, who made us Depending Beings. What said the Psalmist? in Psal. 62. 8. Trust in him at all Times, ye People. Well, but how shall People show their Trust in God? It follows, Pour out your Heart before him. Our Out-poured Souls in Prayer, declare, That we must ascribe to God, all that we have, all that we hope, all that we ask; that nothing is owing to any Blind Chance at all. When we do by Prayer go to God, That He would Give us our Daily Bread, We do thereby say, That our Bread is none of our own till He give it us. 'Tis Theevery to take any thing without the Owners Leave: Wherefore 'tis ⟨p. 28⟩said, Every Thing is Sanctified by Prayer; why, by Prayer for every thing, we do say, That God is the Right Owner of that Thing; That we may not meddle with it, except God will allow us to have it; Yea, That we cannot come at it at all, except God confer it upon us.