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Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory…Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory…
Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory of the Lord, is departing from New-England. Delivered in two sermons, / by Increase Mather ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory of the Lord, is departing from New-England. Delivered in two sermons, / by Increase Mather ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by Timothy Green, 1702
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A great Harvest of […] follows a liberal seed time in doing good; we shall then find that our labour in the Lord has not been in vain.
A great Harvest of 〈…〉 follows a liberal seed time in doing good; we shall then find that our labour in the Lord has not been in vain.
Lastly, Be willing to Suffer for the Glorious Name of Christ It was said to the▪ Philippians, To you it is given not only to Believe, but to Suffer. If we should be called to Suffer, yea, to Dye for the Name of Christ, it would be a wonderful Mercy and Gift of God to us. I often wonder at those Christians who are not willing to Die for the dear Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We do not know what the Lord may call us to undergo in a way of ⟨p. 122⟩Suffering in his cause. Let us endeavour to be like the holy Apostle, who said, I am ready not only to be bound but to Die for the Name of Christ, Act. 21 13. If we are ready for it, i• willing for it, and should be glad of it, did the Lord see it meet, Christ will in that Day acknowledge our Love to his Name, and give us the Crown that belongs to Martyrs themselves. If we Suffer with him we shall Reign with him. Let us then be both willing to Suffer for the Lord Jesus Christ, and continue in doing all the Service we can for him. And then let me speak that which is a wonderful Word, and so conclude. If we thus approve our selves to him when the Son of God shall sit on the Throne of his Glory, We shall sit on Thrones of Glory with Him; for so has our Lord himself from […] Throne in Heaven assured us, Rev. •.21. To him that overcomes will I grant to […] with me on my Throne, even as I also overc•me, and […] sat down with my Father in his Throne.