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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Sect. 1. Little more than Thirteen years Old, was JOHN CLAP of Situate, when He Died; but it might very Truly be said of him, That while he was yet Young, he began to seek after the God of his Father. From his very Infancy he discovered a Singular Delight in the Holy Scripture, whereby he was made Wise unto Salvation; and he also made him self yet further Amiable, by his Obedience to his Parents, and his Courtesy to all his Neighbours. As he grew up, he signalized his Concern for Eternity, not only by his diligent attendance upon both Public and Private Catechising, but also by the like attendance on the Ministry of the Word, which he would Ponder and Apply, and confer about, with much Discretion of Soul, and Pray for the Good effect thereof upon his own Soul. Yea, 'twas even from his Childhood observable in him, that ⟨p. 104⟩ever after he began to speak Reasonably, he would both affectionately regard the Family-Prayers, and likewise, both Morning and Evening, with a most unwearied constancy recommend himself by his own Prayers unto the Mercies of God.
Sect. 1. LIttle more than Thirteen years Old, was JOHN CLAP of Scituate, when He Dy'd; but it might very Truly be said of him, That while he was yet Young, he began to seek after the God of his Father. From his very Infancy he discovered a Singular Delight in the Holy Scripture, whereby he was made Wise unto Salvation; and he also made him self yet further Amiable, by his Obedience to his Parents, and his Courtesy to all his Neighbours. As he grew up, he signalized his Concern for Eternity, not only by his diligent attendance upon both Publick and Private Catechising, but also by the like attendance on the Ministry of the Word, which he would Ponder and Apply, and confer about, with much Discretion of Soul, and Pray for the Good effect thereof upon his own Soul. Yea, 'twas even from his Childhood observable in him, that ⟨p. 104⟩ever after he began to speak Reasonably, he would both affectionately regard the Family-Prayers, and likewise, both Morning and Evening, with a most unwearied constancy recommend himself by his own Prayers unto the Mercies of God.