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The Christian thank-offering. A brief discourse on the returns of gratitude & obedience whereto…
The Christian thank-offering. A brief discourse on the returns of gratitude & obedience whereto men are obliged, by the mercies of God. Made on a solemn thanksgiving, kept in a private meeting of Christians, on the occasion of some deliverances. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Five lines of quotation]
printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1696
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II. The Mercy of God unto us, is that which very Strongly Obliges us to this Obedience.
Very Various are the Courses taken by the God of Heaven, to Produce and Procure from •s, that Service which we are to Honour our Lord JESUS CHRIST withal. 'Tis the Voice both of His Ordinances and of His Providences, […] men Serve the Lord Jesus Christ, and in •ll Things Obey the Will of that Glorious Lord. But •he Mercies of God have this in a most particular manner, for the Language & the Errand of them.
Very Various are the Courses taken by the God of Heaven, to Produce and Procure from •s, that Service which we are to Honour our Lord JESUS CHRIST withal. 'Tis the Voice both of His Ordinances and of His Providences, 〈…〉 men Serve the Lord Jesus Christ, and in •ll Things Obey the Will of that Glorious Lord. But •he Mercies of God have this in a most particular manner, for the Language & the Errand of them.
Gratitude, as one says, Like the Blood in the Body, runs through the whole Practice of Christianity. The whole of that Obedience which we render into God, is to be a continued Expression of Gratitude unto Him. Thus the Schoolmen make ingratitude, a General Circumstance of sin; inasmuch as though it be not in the Definition of sin, yet it is always in the Perpetration of it.
Gratitude, as one says, Like the Blood in the Body, runs through the whole Practice of Christianity. The whole of that Obedience which we render into God, is to be a continued Expression of Gratitude unto Him. Thus the Schoolmen make ngratitude, a General Circumstance of sin; inasmuch as though it be not in the Definition of sin, yet it is alwayes in the Perpretration of it.