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The great blessing, of primitive counsellors. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience…The great blessing, of primitive counsellours. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience…
The great blessing, of primitive counsellors. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience of the governor, Council, and representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England. May 31st. 1693. Being the day for the election of counsellors, in that province. / By Increase Mather. President of Harvard College in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston, in New-England. ; [One line epigram in Latin]The great blessing, of primitive counsellours. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience of the governour, Council, and representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England. May 31st. 1693. Being the day for the election of counsellours, in that province. / By Increase Mather. President of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston, in New-England. ; [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston, : Printed and sold, by Benjamin Harris, over-against the Old-Meeting-House., 1693
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PRIMITIVE COUNSELLORS, A Great BLESSING.PRIMITIVE COUNSELLOURS, A Great BLESSING.
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sometimes not a few only, but the major part, take in with the wrong side, and have their unreasonable Dissatisfactions; now Counsellors ⟨p. 14⟩must do their Duty, let the World be pleased or displeased. They may not at any time be afraid to own Christ and his Cause, but if they see Designs on foot against the best Interest, they ought boldly to interpose, and to oppose themselves. It is said of Joseph of Arimathea, that he was an Honourable Counsellor, Mark 15. 43 some think that he was one of the Sanhedrin, the great Council of the Nation. Others suppose him to be one of the Governors Council. Now when there was a Consult about putting Christ to Death, this Joseph Entered his Dissent, and after the Lord was by Forms of Law, and false Witnesses, and an Accusation of pretended Treason, Condemned and Murdered, this Honourable Counsellor, went boldly unto Pilate who had received a Commission to be Governor over the Province of Judea, and Craved the Body of Jesus. Thus did He with Exemplary Courage own Christ and his Cause.
sometimes not a few only, but the major part, take in with the wrong side, and have their unreasonable Dissatisfactions; now Counsellers ⟨p. 14⟩must do their Duty, let the World be pleased or displeased. They may not at any time be afraid to own Christ and his Cause, but if they see Designs on foot against the best Interest, they ought boldly to interpose, and to oppose themselves. It is said of Joseph of Arimathea, that he was an Honourable Counseller, Mark 15. 43 some think that he was one of the Sanedrim, the great Council of the Nation. Others suppose him to be one of the Governours Council. Now when there was a Consult about putting Christ to Death, this Joseph Entred his Dissent, and after the Lord was by Forms of Law, and false Witnesses, and an Accusation of pretended Treason, Condemned and Murdered, this Honourable Counseller, went boldly unto Pilate who had received a Commission to be Governour over the Province of Judea, and Craved the Body of Jesus. Thus did He with Exemplary Courage own Christ and his Cause.