N00935:48
Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened.…
Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened. In a brief discourse, delivered, April 25. 1703. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by T. Green, 1703
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I hope that He who humbles Himself to behold the things in Heaven, will have regard unto me, a poor Worm upon Earth; because the Son of God is become the Son of Man. I hope that I shall one day be Lodged in Heaven with God; because there is a Man who lies in the Bosom of God forever. I hope I shall come to Endless Glory in the End; because there is a Man, who sets on the Throne of Glory, and will have His Kindred, for to be at last, with Him, where He is, to Behold His Glory.
I hope that He who humbles Himself to behold the things in Heaven, will have regard unto me, a poor Worm upon Earth; because the Son of God is become the Son of Man. I hope that I shall one day be Lodged in Heaven with God; because there is a Man who lies in the Bosome of God forever. I hope I shall come to Endless Glory in the End; because there is a Man, who sets on the Throne of Glory, and will have His Kindred, for to be at last, with Him, where He is, to Behold His Glory.
Pass on then, O Young People, to fix your hope, on the Offices, which the Lord Jesus Christ Executes on the behalf of His Chosen People. 'T will be Melody in the Ears of Heaven, to hear you saying, and singing, and hoping;
I hope, that my Sins are forever Expiated; because I have such a […], as my Lord Jesus Christ. Because I have such a Prophet, as my Lord Jesus Christ, I hope, that I shall not be turned aside by a Deceived heart; but be kept from every false way, and be led in the way Everlasting. Because I have such a King as my Lord Jesus Christ, I hope, that being delivered from the hands of my Enemies, I shall serve the Lord in holiness and righteousness; and that the Good Work begun in me, shall be finished unto the Day of the Lord.
I hope, that my Sins are forever Expiated; because I have such a 〈…〉, as my Lord Jesus Christ. Because I have such a Prophet, as my Lord Jesus Christ, I hope, that I shall not be turned aside by a Deceived heart; but be kept from every false way, and be led in the way Everlasting. Because I have such a King as my Lord Jesus Christ, I hope, that being delivered from the hands of my Enemies, I shall serve the Lord in holiness and righteousness; and that the Good Work begun in me, shall be finished unto the Day of the Lord.