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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.
we Encouraged him to wait upon thee in the Meetings of thy People; and we allowed him Time every Day for his Communion with thy Majesty. Nothing would work upon him; and therefore we cannot but Leave him to the Proceedings of thy Everlasting Righteousness. Young man, Is this the Report which thou wouldest have thy Masters bring in, unto the Judge of the World▪ concerning thee?
we Encouraged him to wait upon thee in the Meetings of thy People; and we allow'd him Time every Day for his Communion with thy Majesty. Nothing would work upon him; and therefore we cannot but Leave him to the Proceedings of thy Everlasting Righteousness. Young man, Is this the Report which thou wouldest have thy Masters bring in, unto the Judge of the World▪ concerning thee?
But in Fine, Your PASTORS: They that now Long fo• your Salvation; They, that are continually Studying, Praying, Fasting, Weeping and Watching, for your Salvation; even These too, must become Accusers, when they meet you ere long before the Tribunal of the Dreadful God. Sirs, we should not count even our Hearts-Blood, a thing too considerable, to be Spent, if the Spending of that would certainly obtain the Conversion, though but of any one Young Soul among ⟨p. 67⟩you. And if […] might see our Young Doves Flocking apace unto the Windows of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we should count ourselves Richly Recompensed, for all the Travels of our Weary Souls. We know what the Apostle says about his Beloved Thessalonians, in 1 Thess. 2.19. What is our Hope, or Joy, or Crown of Rejoicing! Are not even ye, in the Presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ at his Coming? It seems, that in the other World, A Paul shall see and know those that have by His Ministry been brought Home unto God, and he shall Rejoice to behold them gathered like a Crown about him. Truly, I think, I cannot in any one thing Rejoice more, than I do in a Thought which now entertains me; There is a Vast Crowd of Young People Assembled here this Day; but there are many now in this Crowd, that shall be our Immarcescible Crown, in the Day of the General Assembly. Yea, We shall enjoy a Glad Eternity, with some of You, O our Young People; Whom we shall FIND, and SEE, and KNOW again, in the Kingdom of GOD, and hear saying, Blessed be GOD, That ever I saw the Face of such a Minister! Oh Sir, my God helped me to follow the Counsels that you gave me in His Name, and from His Word; and now, 'tis as you told me! You have brought me to this Glorious Heaven with you. Yea but