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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.
3. Christ in Heaven intercedes for Believers that their Prayers may be heard. Heb. 6.25. He ever lives to make intercession for them that come to God by him. Praying is coming to God. When the Priest was offering Incense in the Temple, the People were Praying without in the Time of Incense, Luk. 1.10. Thus when Believers are Praying here on Earth, Christ our High Priest is in Heaven offering the Incense of His own Merit & Mediation. John saw an Angel unto whom was given much Incense, that he should offer it with the Prayers of all Saints; and the smoke of the Incense which came with the Prayers of the Saints, ascended up before God, out of the Angels hand, Rev. 8 3, 4. Christ is that Angel; It is because of the Incense which comes out of the Angels hand, that the Prayers of Saints are pleasing and prevalent with God. There is much infirmity ⟨p. 17⟩attending the Prayers of Saints on Earth, and that which make them unsavoury. How then shall the Lord be pleased with them, or smell a sweet savour in our Oblations? It is the Incense which Christ offers to God, that takes away the ill savour of our Sinful Prayers, and makes them to become odoriferous in the Lords Nostrils. From thence it is, that the Prayers of the Saints are golden vials full of odours, Rev. 5.8. If Christ in Heaven shall say, There is such a Servant of mine Praying for such a blessing, I would have his Prayers granted, it will certainly be done.
3. Christ in Heaven intercedes for Believers that their Prayers may be heard. Heb. 6.25. He ever lives to make intercession for them that come to God by him. Praying is coming to God. When the Priest was offering Incense in the Temple, the People were Praying without in the Time of Incense, Luk. 1.10. Thus when Believers are Praying here on Earth, Christ our High Priest is in Heaven offering the Incense of His own Merit & Mediation. John saw an Angel unto whom was given much Incense, that he should offer it with the Prayers of all Saints; and the smoke of the Incense which came with the Prayers of the Saints, ascended up before God, out of the Angels hand,