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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.
You are mistaken (said that excellent Prince) I have this Morning on my knees begged his Life from God, and I have obtained it, he shall not dy• ⟨p. 27⟩and he did strangely recover and live. When Myconius (one of the Reforming Divines in Germany) was in all appearance a dying Man, being far gone in a Consumption, Luther set himself to Pray earnestly for him, that his life might be spared, and he obtained the continuance of that useful and precious Life, so that Myconius would often say, that under God he owed his life to Luther's Prayers for him.
You are mistaken (said that excellent Prince) I have this Morning on my knees begged his Life from God, and I have obtained it, he shall not dy• ⟨p. 27⟩and he did strangly recover and live. When Myconius (one of the Reforming Divines in Germany) was in all appearance a dying Man, being far gone in a Consumption, Luther set himself to Pray earnestly for him, that his life might be spared, and he obtained the continuance of that useful and precious Life, so that Myconius would often say, that under God he owed his life to Luthers Prayers for him.
Inf. 2. It is a dangerous thing for any Person or People to have the Prayers of the Righteous, whose Prayers God will hear, to be engaged against them. Concerning the two Witnesses it is said, If any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their Mouth & devoureth their Enemies, Rev. 11.5. Prayer will kill those Enemies, as it did those Captains and their Companies who came to apprehend the Prophet Elijah. Fervent Prayer is doubtless one thing in ⟨p. 28⟩