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Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will…
Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will bring both parents and children to. : A sermon occasioned by the death of a religious matron, Mrs. Mary Rock. Who having entered the eighty first year of her age, withdrew from us. 30d. 7m. 1713. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Matthew]Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will bring both parents and children to. : A sermon occasion'd by the death of a religious matron, Mrs. Mary Rock. Who having entred the eighty first year of her age, withdrew from us. 30d. 7m. 1713. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Matthew]
Boston: printed by Thomas Fleet for Daniel Henchman, 1713
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III. The Children of Pious Parents, must attend unto the Counsels of God. YOU, my Children, have something to do, that you may be the better for your Parents. And I will tell you, what that something is. You must lay hold on the Covenant of God for your selves; and heartily say unto the Lord, Thou art my God. You must come into this Disposition; O Great GOD, has my Parent chosen thee? I also do make Choice of thee, to be my God! And, Child, Wilt thou not from this Time, come into that Resolution, Lord, Thou art my Father, and thou shalt be the Guide of my Youth? Truly, the Language now expected from you, is ⟨p. 38⟩that; Exod. XV. 2. The Lord is my God, and I will prepare Him an Habitation: My Fathers God, and I will Exalt Him. Herewithal, you must Conform to the Desires of your Pious Parents. Thwart them not; Grieve them not; cause not an Heavy Heart unto them; Don't make them Uneasy. Be not the Sons of Eli, who hearkened not unto the Voice of their Father. You know the Doom, and the Death of those miserable Children! Yet more; Your Pious Parents have prayed for you; have made Thousands of Prayers for you, with strong Crying and Tears. But you must Pray for your selves, if you would fare the better for the Prayers of your Parents. Nor can you fare the better for your Pious Parents, except you tread in the Steps of their Piety. Remember Their Piety will but aggravate your Perdition, if you continue Impious. We Read of One in Hell, which cried out, Father Abraham, I am Tormented in this Flame. O Children whose Parents have been the Friends of God, If you are found among His Enemies, as your Impiety will declare you to be such, you will be thrown into Hell, and your Damnation ⟨p. 39⟩there, will be the more Exquisite and Horrible for the Parents which you are descended from. Your Parents will become your Torments: And the Remembrance of what they did for you, and how you have Sinned against it all, will Torment you wonderfully; the Smoke, and the Cry of such Torments, will Ascend for ever and ever! So did the Thundering Baptist, warn the Children of Pious Parents; Matth. III. 9, 10. Think not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to our Father. Every Tree which bringeth not forth good Fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the Fire. I see, I see, Oh! what Numbers of our poor Children, in a Course of Impiety, throwing themselves down into that Unquenchable Fire.