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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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But if none of This move you, then let Fear do it. O be Afraid of the Miseries, the Inexpressible, the Inconceivable Miseries, whereto a Prayerless Life Exposes you. Don't you Tremble? To such Leviathans, I would speak in the words of Austin, Man, It should make thee Tremble, that thou hast not an Heart to Tremble. If Prayerless, then Wicked; for 'tis said, in Psal. 18 4. The Wicked, will not seek after God But are you not then Afraid of the Woes that belong unto the Wicked? Woe to them, it shall be Ill with them.! They Live under the direful Curse of God all their Days; and at last, under that Curse they Dy. But what will then become of them? Read and again Tremble! We are told, in Psal 9. 17. The Wicked shall be Turned into Hell, and all▪ the Nation: that Forget God The Prayerless to God, are the Forgetful of God. But are you not Afraid? We ⟨p. 51⟩are Warned, It is a Fearful Thing […] Fall into the Hands of the Living God. They that while they Lived, would not Lift up their Hands in Prayer to God, shall when they Die, fall into the Hands of that Living God: Then! They that never Prayed before, shall Pray, and Cry, and Beg, for the Compassions of the Great God, for whom they once cared not▪ they shall unsuccessfully do it, With the Groans of a Deadly Wounded Man. But will you not Fear such a Fearful Thing as this? O be not a People, So Foolish and Unwise! And now, I pass on to say,
But if none of This move you, then let Fear do it. O be Afraid of the Miseries, the Inexpressible, the Inconceivable Miseries, whereto a Prayerless Life Exposes you. Don't you Tremble? To such Leviathans, I would speak in the words of Austin, Man, It should make thee Tremble, that thou hast not an Heart to Tremble. If Prayerless, then Wicked; for 'tis said, in Psal. 18 4. The Wicked, will not seek after God But are you not then Afraid of the Woes that belong unto the Wicked? Wo to them, it shall be Ill with them.! They Live under the direful Curse of God all their Days; and at last, under that Curse they Dy. But what will then become of them? Read and again Tremble! We are told, in Psal 9. 17. The Wicked shall be Turned into Hell, and all▪ the Nation: that Forget God The Prayerless to God, are the Forgetful of God. But are you not Afraid? We