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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.
Quest. For what, or for whom ought we to be Instant in Prayer?
Ans. 1. We ought to be Instant in Prayer for the Church of God. Pray for ⟨p. 39⟩the Peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee. We should Pray that the implacable Enemies of Christ and his Church may fall and perish and rise no more. Especially the great enemy Antichrist. Mystical Babylon is as sure to fall as if it were done already. Therefore is it expressed twice and in the present tense importing the undoubted certainty of it. Babylon is fallen, is fallen, Rev. 18.2. And then and not till then, the Church on Earth will have a glorious day. Glorious things are spoken of thee O City of God. Selah. The Scripture must be fulfilled, that there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grievous thorn of all of that are round about them. And not only so, but an universal dominion over the whole Earth shall be given to them, for which nothing can be more express and clear than that Scripture, in Dan. 7.27. The Kingdom ⟨p. 40⟩and Dominion, and greatness of the Kingdom ([…]) under the whole heaven shall be given to the People of the Saints of the Most High. It ought to quicken our Prayers that the time draws on apace when the Prophecies and Promises concerning the happiness of the Church in the last days shall be fulfilled. When Daniel understood by Books that the Seventy Years of Captivity was well nigh accomplished, he set himself to Pray about it after an extraordinary manner. Several very Learned Men, have thought that this Year which we are now entering upon, would prove happily fatal to the Antichristian Interest in the World. Whoever lives a few Months longer will see whether they are not mistaken. Several things are very encouraging; Namely, the Death of the Most Antichristian King, than whom there never was a greater enemy of the Church of God in the ⟨p. 41⟩