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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
I. There are Two Things, which, methinks, ⟨p. 19⟩now have a very Scandalous Face upon them. Two Faults will fall under a Sharp Reproof. […] am now to tell you,
I. There are Two Things, which, methinks, ⟨p. 19⟩now have a very Scandalous Face upon them. Two Faults will fall under a Sharp Reproof. 〈…〉 am now to tell you,
First, It is an Ill Thing, to be nothing the better for all the Mercies of God. Alas, How many of us will be found Guilty of this monstrous Disingenuity! Man, of whose Tender Mercy is it, that thou art not Consumed! whose Mercy ha's been Feeding, and Clothing, and Supplying, and Preserving, and Advancing of thee, these many years? But art thou not as Disobedient unto the God of all this Mercy, as thou vast many years ago? Oh, Examine thy •elf; Have I done any more Service to the Lord Jesus Christ, for all that Goodness & Mercy, with which He is daily following of me? Now […] we astonished at our own Unfruitfulness! It was a most Unrighteous Thing in Jeshurun, to •ive the Lord any Occasion to say, as in Deut. 12.15. Thou hast waxed Fat, and Kicked, & forsook the God that made thee. It was a most Unholy Thing in David, that the Lord should have have any Occasion to say, as in 2 Sam. 12. 9. I have done much for Thee; Wherefore hast thou despised the Commandment of the Lord? Let us with Trembling Souls, think, whether we shall not bring a Curse on our selves, by such […] Barrenness?
First, It is an Ill Thing, to be nothing the better for all the Mercies of God. Alas, How many of us will be found Guilty of this monstrous Disingenuity! Man, of whose Tender Mercy is it, that thou art not Consumed! whose Mercy ha's been Feeding, and Cloathing, and Supplying, and Preserving, and Advancing of thee, these many years? But art thou not as Disobedient unto the God of all this Mercy, as thou vast many years ago? Oh, Examine thy elf; Have I done any more Service to the Lord Jesus Christ, for all that Goodness & Mercy, with which He is daily following of me? Now we astonished at our own Unfruitfulness! It was a most Unrighteous Thing in Jeshurun, to ive the Lord any Occasion to say, as in