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A monitor for communicants. An essay to excite and assist religious approaches to the…
A monitor for communicants. An essay to excite and assist religious approaches to the table of the Lord. : Offered by an assembly of the New-English pastors, unto their own flocks, and unto all the churches in these American colonies: with a solemn testimony to that cause of God, and religion in them.
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for Samuel Gerrish, 1715
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Enquire; Does the Infinite GOD, appear in every Thing Desirable to me; in every thing, worthy to be Loved, worthy to be Praised? Have I Placed my chief Happiness, in an Acquaintance, and Fellowship with such a God; and in having His Favour; and in being used in Service for Him; and in being brought where He shall be All in All unto me? Is my Delight in those things that bring me near unto Him? And is it my Study to advance His Kingdom in the World?
Enquire; Do I desire the Prosperity of my Neighbours? Am I glad when ⟨p. 16⟩things go well with them; Grieved when they go Ill? Is it my Endeavour to Do Good unto them, who have Done Hurt unto me? And wherever I see in any of them the Piety, which intimates their being Related & United unto my Saviour, does this very sensibly Endear them to me? Do I Love them, as my Brethren; the Children of my Father?
Enquire; Do I desire the Prosperity of my Neighbours? Am I glad when ⟨p. 16⟩things go well with them; Griev'd when they go Ill? Is it my Endeavour to Do Good unto them, who have Done Hurt unto me? And wherever I see in any of them the Piety, which intimates their being Related & United unto my Saviour, does this very sensibly Endear them to me? Do I Love them, as my Brethren; the Children of my Father?
Enquire; Have I Renounced the Idols, by following of which the Ungodly are led into Perdition? Do I Deny my Flesh every thing, that God has Forbid? Am I unwilling to Offend God, that I may Get any Thing, or Please any Man, in this World? Is it my course to resist the Temptations of Satan, and reject them with Detestation?