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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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I have formerly put you in mind of an Old Man who although living under the light of the Gospel was not savingly Converted before a great Old Age ⟨p. 112⟩had overtaken him, and then he would often say, If I had dyed before I was Seventy & six years Old I had not gone to Heaven. I was a poor Unregenerate Creature until then. But what must such Old Sinners do to be saved? The Answer is that Old Men must be saved in the same way that Young Men are, namely in the way of Repentance towards God, and of Faith in Jesus Christ. Let the Oldest Sinner turn from all his Sins, and believe on Jesus Christ, and all his Sins shall be forgiven: He shall not then perish but shall have everlasting life.
USE. II. Let it be for Exhortation. (1) To Young Persons. (2) To Aged Servants of the Lord.
1. To Young Persons. Make sure that you get into, & that you keep in the way of Righteousness I know (and I bless God) that there are some Young Men belonging to this Congregation who are in that way: Oh that there were more such! Oh that all Young ⟨p. 113⟩Men were in that way. It is a way which few there be that find it. Nevertheless, it is the good way; You cannot turn into it, too soon, but if you keep long out of it, a thousand to one you will never find it.