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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.
2. Some […] of God […] Called and Conver•d […] •deres of their Childhood and […] They are called at the […] of the Day of their Life […] Middle Age. […] (afterw•ds […] so. Some writers affix […] & thirty Years Old at the […] Conver•n. Notwithstanding […] called a Young Man; he was […] young, or then the High •iest would not have employed him in such work as […] which he Commissioned him for. ⟨p. 74⟩It is most probable that Zacbeus, and the Jailer, and the Thief on the Cross were in their Middle Age when Converted. Such are the fittest and most capable to work in the Lords Vineyard, and therefore such are most commonly Called into it. Children or decayed Old Men are not so fit to be Labourers as Young Men, because of their Strength. 1 Joh. 2.14. I have written unto you young men because you are strong. An Eminent Divine of our own observes that, That Men of such an Age are the fittest Materials for the Frame of Grace to be Erected on. Although' God can work with any Tools, yet He manifests his wisdom in choosing such as have the greatest fitness for the work he designs them for in his Vineyard.
2. Some 〈…〉 of God 〈…〉 Called and Conver•d 〈…〉 •deres of their Childhood and 〈…〉 They are called at the 〈…〉 of the Day of their Life 〈…〉 Middle Age. 〈…〉 (afterw•ds 〈…〉 so. Some writers affi• 〈…〉 & thirty Years Old at the Convern. Notwithstanding called a Young Man; he was young, or then the High iest would not have employed him in such work as which he Commissioned him for.