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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
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.
For in the very act of Sinning he was smitten with a Leprosy, & lived and dyed a Leper. Be not like Joash, who seemed to be a Pious Young Man, ⟨p. 116⟩was a zealous encourager of the Worship of God, but he fell in with wicked companions after the death of his Uncle Jehojada under whom he had a Religious Education, he became a flagrant Apostate, he left the house of God, and served Idols, and was a prodigy of ingratitude, Murdering the Godly Son of the Man to whom he had been beholden both for his Life and Crown: And his end was woeful.
For in the very act of Sinning he was smitten with a Leprosy, & lived and dyed a Leper. Be not like Joash, who seemed to be a Pious Young Man, ⟨p. 116⟩was a zealous encourager of the Worship of God, but he fell in with wicked companions after the death of his Uncle Jehojada under whom he had a Religious Education, he became a flagrant Apostate, he left the house of God, and served Idols, and was a prodigy of ingraditude, Murdering the Godly Son of the Man to whom he had been beholden both for his Life and Crown: And his end was woful.
Consider 2. That if you abide in the way of righteousness from Youth to Old Age, great will be your reward in the Life & World which is to come. Those hoary heads, which God has set a crown of glory upon, shall then have another kind of crown & glory given to them. The longer you have continued faithfully Serving God, the more Diamonds will your crown of glory shine with in the Eternal World. All the numberless Prayers which you have poured out before God, for your selves or ⟨p. 117⟩others, all your other deeds of Piety, all your works of Charity, will be remembered. The Lord whom you Serve will not forget one of them. If when you were Children, you did from a principle of the fear of God in your hearts, behave your selves dutifully towards your Parents, God will reward you for that Obedience which was your duty. If you have been Servants, and then were diligent & faithful to your Masters, not with eye Service as Men pleasers, but as Servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, He will reward you for the Service you did for your Masters. Whatever good thing any man does the same shall he receive of the Lord whether he be bond or free,