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Two discourses showing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of…Two discourses shewing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of…
Two discourses showing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of the righteous. II. The dignity & duty of aged servants of the Lord. : Also, a preface in which the Congregational discipline of the churches in New-England is vindicated, with the authors dying testimony there-unto. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]Two discourses shewing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of the righteous. II. The dignity & duty of aged servants of the Lord. : Also, a preface in which the Congregational discipline of the churches in New-England is vindicated, with the authors dying testimony there-unto. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1716
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IF the Reader does Expect any thing Curious or Rare in the Subsequent Sermons, he will find himself disappointed. In my Youth I Endeavoured to comply with that Apostolical Rule, in doctrine to show Incorruptness, Gravity, Sincerity, found Speech, which cannot be condemned. It would be unbecoming my Old Age to do otherwise.
IF the Reader does Expect any thing Curious or Rare in the Subsequent Sermons, he will find himself disappointed. In my Youth I Endeavoured to comply with that Apostolical Rule, in doctrine to shew Incorruptness, Gravity, Sincerity, found Speech, which cannot be condemned. It would be unbecoming my Old Age to do otherwise.
Concerning the Prevalency of Prayer, I Published a Discourse Forty Years since, in which I mentioned many Instances of Signal Answers of Prayer, in the time of the Indian War, began by Philip Sachem, by which we have seen that the LORD is a Prayer-Hearing GOD, Of which having had such Experience we should be Encouraged to take up the Psalmists holy Resolution to Call upon Him as long as we live.
Concerning the Prevalency of Prayer, I Published a Discourse Forty Years since, in which I mention'd many Instances of Signal Answers of Prayer, in the time of the Indian War, began by Philip Sachem, by which we have seen that the LORD is a Prayer-Hearing GOD, Of which having had such Experience we should be Encouraged to take up the Psalmists holy Resolution to Call upon Him as long as we live.
On the Subject of Old Age many have Written. Several Moralists among the Gentiles have treated th•••. In special Plutarch, Cicero, and Seneca of whom it is said, That the reason of his having that Name given to him, was, his being Born with grey hairs upon him. ⟨image ?⟩