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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.
The Ears of the LORD are open to the Prayers of the Righteous.
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.
because they had not asked any thing on the account of the Merit of Christs blood shed to purchase the Salvation of their Souls and the Audience of their Prayers. For although' it is now an Article of our Christian Faith, that we are reconciled to God by the death of His Son, nor can any Man be Saved that does not believe it; ⟨p. 15⟩Nevertheless, the Disciples had but a dark knowledge of this Mystery before the Death and Resurrection of our Saviour. His blood has Merited all the good promised in the Covenant of Grace; It is the blood of the Everlasting Covenant. The Sins of Believers cry against them, but the blood of Christ has a louder cry in it for Mercy. It speaks better things than the blood of Abel. They may with Faith in that blood be humbly confident, that their Prayers shall be heard and answered. Heb. 10.19. Having boldness by the blood of Jesus to enter into the holiest of all. When we Pray, We enter into the holiest of all. Only the High Priest entered into the holiest of all, and that but once a year, but the Believer may every day by Prayer enter into the holiest of all, with confidence of acceptance, through the Merit of the blood of Jesus.
because they had not asked any thing on the account of the Merit of Christs blood shed to purchase the Salvation of their Souls and the Audience of their Prayers. For altho' it is now an Article of our Christian Faith, that we are reconciled to God by the death of His Son, nor can any Man be Saved that does not believe it; ⟨p. 15⟩Nevertheless, the Disciples had but a dark knowledge of this Mystery before the Death and Resurrection of our Saviour. His blood has Merited all the good promised in the Covenant of Grace; It is the blood of the Everlasting Covenant. The Sins of Believers cry against them, but the blood of Christ has a louder cry in it for Mercy. It speaks better things than the blood of Abel. They may with Faith in that blood be humbly confident, that their Prayers shall be heard and answered. Heb. 10.19. Having boldness by the blood of Jesus to enter into the holiest of all. When we Pray, We enter into the holiest of all. Only the High Priest entred into the holiest of all, and that but once a year, but the Believer may every day by Prayer enter into the holiest of all, with confidence of acceptance, through the Merit of the blood of Jesus.