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Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…
Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1715
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.
It might be expected, or however, I my self might expect, that one who has (through the Patience and goodness of God) arrived to my Age, should be dismissed from Public Labour, and enjoy rest in his Old Age, spending the remainder of his few days in Reading, and in Contemplations on another World. I cannot charge my self with having been altogether Idle […] my Younger Years, and now when Age has rendered me uncapable of doing as once I could, why may I not plead the Privilege of Miles Emeritus•? Neve•less, the wonderful Mercy of […] for which I ought every […] less his Name) having con• to me a greater Measure of ⟨p. viii⟩Ability for Service, than is commonly seen in Men of my Years, shall I not according to my poor Ability endeavour to bring forth Fruit in Old Age, and such Fruit as shall remain, when I can neither Write nor Speak any more? Let Death find me so doing.
It might be expected, or however, I my self might expect, that one who has (through the Patience and goodness of God) arrived to my Age, should be dismiss'd from Publick Labour, and enjoy rest in his Old Age, spending the remainder of his few dayes in Reading, and in Contemplations on another World. I cannot charge my self with having been altogether Idle 〈…〉 my Younger Years, and now when Age has rendred me uncapable of doing as once I could, why may I not plead the Priviledge of Miles Emeritus•? Neve•less, the wonderful Mercy of 〈…〉 for which I ought every 〈…〉 less his Name) having con• to me a greater Measure of ⟨p. viii⟩Ability for Service, than is commonly seen in Men of my Years, shall I not according to my poor Ability endeavour to bring forth Fruit in Old Age, and such Fruit as shall remain, when I can neither Write nor Speak any more? Let Death find me so doing.