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Gods frown in the death of useful men. Showed in a sermon preached at…Gods frown in the death of useful men. Shewed in a sermon preached at…
Gods frown in the death of useful men. Showed in a sermon preached at the funeral of the Honourable Col John Pynchon Esq. Who deceased January 17th. 1702[/]3. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.Gods frown in the death of useful men. Shewed in a sermon preached at the funeral of the Honourable Col John Pynchon Esq. Who deceased January 17th. 1702[/]3. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B Green, 1703
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USE I.
It is a great Mercy when God raises up Serviceable Men among his People. Sometimes it is otherwise among the People of God. Isa. 51.18. There is none to guide her among the Sons which she hath brought forth, neither is there any that taketh her by the hand, ⟨p. 14⟩of all the Sons which she hath brought up. But it is a great Mercy when he raises up Serviceable Men. Amos 2.11. I raised up of your Sons for Prophets, and of your Young men for Nazarites Isa 1.26. I will restore thy Judges as at the first, and thy Counsellors as at the beginning. Jer. 3 15. I will give them Pastors after my own heart, that shall feed them with knowledge and understanding. This greatly helps forward the Welfare of a People: It is Gods work to raise up Serviceable men: He gives them their qualifications, natural and acquired; He gives them those enjoyments that fit them for Public place: He makes them Conscientious, Religious and Godly men, and he bestows actual advancement on them; He makes them to find favour that they may be put in place. And when he does thus, he greatly favours a People, for this makes way for the outward Prosperity of a People, that they may live quietly and peaceably; and this makes way for their Spiritual Prosperity, that they may be a Religious, Godly and well carriaged People; it is a special means to make a People happy.
It is a great Mercy when God raises up Serviceable Men among his People. Sometimes it is otherwise among the People of God. Isa. 51.18. There is none to guide her among the Sons which she hath brought forth, neither is there any that taketh her by the hand, ⟨p. 14⟩