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Maternal consolations. An essay on, the consolations of God
Maternal consolations. An essay on, the consolations of God; whereof, a man whom his mother comforteth, receives a shadow; and all the children of God, enjoy the substance. Made on the death of Mrs. Maria Mather, the consort of the Reverend Dr. Increase Mather, and the daughter of the renowned Mr. John Cotton, who expired on, 4 d. 2 m. 1714. In the seventy third year of her age. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. & F.R.S. and a son of the deceased gentlewoman. ; [Three lines from II Corinthians]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for Samuel Gerrish, 1714
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First. God the Father will Comfort His People. Our Acknowledgement, our Doxology to the Almighty Father, must be that; 2 Cor. I.3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies, and the God of all Comfort, who comforteth us in all our Tribulation. Certainly, we are comforted by the Infinite Father, when He tells us, That He will be our Father. I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my Sons and my Daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. What is the best of Mothers, weighed in the Balance with such a Father? Our Father is now the Infinite GOD. But, O ye Adopted & Comforted of the Lord, what an Inheritance have you a Title to? You shall come to no less a Felicity than this; To inherit all Things. Who can Comprehend the Riches of the Glory of that ⟨p. 22⟩Inheritance, to which the Saints are Entitled? O the Consolations, O the Consolations, of such an Incomprehensible Inheritance! My Brethren, God the Father informs you, That He has chosen you before the Foundation of the World, that you should be Holy and Blameless before Him in Love. God the Father informs you, That He hath so loved you, at to give His Only-begotten Son for you, to bring you unto everlasting Life. If there be any Comfort of Love, certainly 'tis in this Love! O Children of God, This is the Comfort, wherewith we are comforted of God!
First. God the Father will Comfort His People. Our Acknowledgement, our Doxology to the Almighty Father, must be that; 2 Cor. I.3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies, and the God of all Comfort, who comforteth us in all our Tribulation. Certainly, we are comforted by the Infinite Father, when He tells us, That He will be our Father. I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my Sons and my Daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. What is the best of Mothers, weigh'd in the Ballance with such a Father? Our Father is now the Infinite GOD. But, O ye Adopted & Comforted of the Lord, what an Inheritance have you a Title to? You shall come to no less a Felicity than this; To inherit all Things. Who can Comprehend the Riches of the Glory of that ⟨p. 22⟩Inheritance, to which the Saints are Entitled? O the Consolations, O the Consolations, of such an Incomprehensible Inheritance! My Brethren, God the Father informs you, That He has chosen you before the Foundation of the World, that you should be Holy and Blameless before Him in Love. God the Father informs you, That He hath so loved you, at to give His Only-begotten Son for you, to bring you unto everlasting Life. If there be any Comfort of Love, certainly 'tis in this Love! O Children of God, This is the Comfort, wherewith we are comforted of God!