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Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles
Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles. : To which is added, A faithful relation of some late, but strange occurrences that call for an awful and useful consideration. Especially distresses and deliverances, of a company lately shipwrecked on a desolate rock, on the coast of New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles. : To which is added, A faithful relation of some late, but strange occurrences that call for an awful and useful consideration. Especially distresses and deliverances, of a company lately shipwreck'd on a desolate rock, on the coast of New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green, 1711
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I will say this especially for that sort of Unconverted Ones; Our CHILDREN. A sad Spectacle! Children that, for ought we know, are brought forth for the Murderer? Oh! What shall we do on their behalf? Parents travailing over again for them, Speak to them; and Plead with them; and Pray for them; Yea, take them Alone with you, and cause them to Kneel down by you, and make them the Witnesses of your Prayers & your Tears for them. Ask for them that Blessedness; 1 Chron. XXIX. 19. Lord, Give to my Child a Perfect Heart; Oh! Travail, till you see it accomplished.
I no sooner turn my Eye from them, than I see another very sad Spectacle! Our ⟨p. 41⟩Unconverted OLD MEN. An Old Man, just Going, but not knowing Whither he is going. An Old Man, just Entering into Heaven or Hell, but not knowing which of the Two. A very Melancholy Spectacle! O Men of God, Go to them; Talk with them; Set before them their true Interest; Make them Wise unto Salvation, if it be possible; And, Oh, Do all you can, to make these Old People, become New Creatures, before they dye. Tis to be an Article of your care; Tit. II. 2. That the Aged Men be Sober, Grave, Temperate, Sound in Faith, in Charity, in Patience.
I no sooner turn my Eye from them, than I see another very sad Spectacle! Our ⟨p. 41⟩Unconverted OLD MEN. An Old Man, just Going, but not knowing Whither he is going. An Old Man, just Entring into Heaven or Hell, but not knowing which of the Two. A very Melancholy Spectacle! O Men of God, Go to them; Talk with them; Set before them their true Interest; Make them Wise unto Salvation, if it be possible; And, Oh, Do all you can, to make these Old People, become New Creatures, before they dye. Tis to be an Article of your care;