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Early religion. Urged in a sermon. the duties, wherein, and the reasons wherefore, young…
Early religion. Urged in a sermon. the duties, wherein, and the reasons wherefore, young people should become religious. Whereto are added, the extracts of several papers, written by several persons, who are dying in their youth, left behind them those admonitions for the young survivors; with brief memoirs relating to the exemplary lives of some such, that have gone from hence to their everlasting rest. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]Early religion. Urged in a sermon. the duties, wherein, and the reasons wherefore, young people should become religious. Whereto are added, the extracts of several papers, written by several persons, who are dying in their youth, left behind them those admonitions for the young survivers; with brief memoirs relating to the exemplary lives of some such, that have gone from hence to their everlasting rest. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]
Boston: printed by B.H. i.e for Michael Perry, 1694
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Meditations, Tending to the Exercise Of Repentance and Faith, And Preparation for Death. Am I not exposed unto the Curse of the Law of God; and that both because of the State of sin that I am in, and by reason of the Course of Actual sins, whereof I have been guilty? Is not the Wrath of God, most Intolerable and most Dreadful? Is it not a Fearful thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God? Can my Heart endure, or my Hands be strong; in the Day, that God will deal with me? Can I endure Material Fire? And if I can't endure to Lie in That, what shall I do to lye under the Wrath of the Almighty for ever, and ever? My Soul Trembles within me at this; the thoughts hereof do exceedingly terrify my Soul. Is it indeed so, O my Soul? And shall I continue in the Condition that I am in? ⟨p. 81⟩Shall I continue in a State of Condemnation? Shall I not then make as much Hast to the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Men pursued by the Avenger of Blood, did to the City of Refuge? Shall not this make me, instead of Delighting in Sin, to Grieve for it, and Heartily to Turn from it, unto God? Shall I allow of any One sin, seeing that the Least sin allowed, will prove my Eternal Damnation? Far be it! Either I must be the Death of sin, or sin will be my Death, to Eternity. Am I every Moment in Danger of Eternal Damnation? Do's my Life hang in uncertainties? May I not be called out of the World in a Moment? Yea, before I lye down to Night? Surely then, It is highly Incumbent on me, to Fly unto the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Deliverer from the Wrath to come: and give my self unto him, to Save me freely by His Grace: and resign my self wholly unto Him, to be His Servant for Evermore?
Meditations, Tending to the Exercise Of Repentance and Faith, And Preparation for Death. Am I not exposed unto the Curse of the Law of God; and that both because of the State of sin that I am in, and by reason of the Course of Actual sins, whereof I have been guilty? Is not the Wrath of God, most Intollerable and most Dreadful? Is it not a Fearful thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God? Can my Heart endure, or my Hands be strong; in the Day, that God will deal with me? Can I endure Material Fire? And if I can't endure to Ly in That, what shall I do to lye under the Wrath of the Almighty for ever, and ever? My Soul Trembles within me at this; the thoughts hereof do exceedingly terrify my Soul. Is it indeed so, O my Soul? And shal I continue in the Condition that I am in? ⟨p. 81⟩