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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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Let not that check belong unto us, in Deut. 32. 6. Do ye thus Requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise!
Consider, Fourthly; All the Service wherein we Obey the Lord JESUS CHRIST, for the Requital of His Mercies, will be as profitable to our selves, as acceptable to the Lord. Certainly, we shall not Lose by it! No, It will issue in the Continuation, and the Augmentation of our Mercies. As among men, 'tis a Delight unto us, to Do good unto the Thankful; So will the Blessed God say, My Mercies are well bestowed upon such a man; he shall have them still, he shall have more of them, he shall have as much as Heart can wish. Behold, how we may prevent the Loss of our Precious and Pleasant Things. Let us do Service for the Lord JESUS CHRIST, with what we have: So our Talents will not be taken from us. Let us be Tenants, that shall honestly pay the little Rents required of us, and we shall not be Turned out of all. And what a Sign shall we therein have of our Sincerity before the Lord? An Hypocrite will sometimes abstain from Evil, for fear of Rods and Blowe• Oh! but when a man is marvellously quickened unto the Service of the Lord JESUS CHRIST by the Smiles of the Lord upon him, there is a most hopeful mark of Uprightness upon the Sou• of such a man.
Consider, Fourthly; All the Service wherein we Obey the Lord JESUS CHRIST, for the Requital of His Mercies, will be as profitable to our selves, as acceptable to the Lord. Certainly, we shall not Lose by it! No, It will issue in the Continuation, and the Augmentation of our Mercies. As among men, 'tis a Delight unto us, to Do good unto the Thankful; So will the Blessed God say, My Mercies are well bestow'd upon such a man; he shall have them still, he shall have more of them, he shall have as much as Heart can wish. Behold, how we may prevent the Loss of our Precious and Pleasant Things. Let us do Service for the Lord JESUS CHRIST, with what we have: So our Talents will not be taken from us. Let us be Tenants, that shall honestly pay the little Rents required of us, and we shall not be Turned out of all. And what a Sign shall we therein have of our Sincerity before the Lord? An Hypocrite will sometimes abstain from Evil, for fear of Rods and Blowe Oh! but when a man is marvellously quickned unto the Service of the Lord JESUS CHRIST by the Smiles of the Lord upon him, there is a most hopeful mark of Uprightness upon the Sou of such a man.