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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.
The downfall of Antichrist has by some been predicted to be in such a Year, and then in such a Year. In Sixty six and in Seventy seven, and in other Years. Yet he is standing still, which has occasioned many to deride all Predictions of that nature as delusions. They are ready to say as Ezekiels Jews did, the days are prolonged, and every vision faileth, but truly that is ⟨p. 42⟩a sign, that the days are at hand, and the effect of every vision, Ezek. 12.23. Lets turn all into Prayer.
The downfall of Antichrist has by some been predicted to be in such a Year, and then in such a Year. In Sixty six and in Seventy seven, and in other Years. Yet he is standing still, which has occasioned many to deride all Predictions of that nature as delusions. They are ready to say as Ezekiels Jews did, the days are prolonged, and every vision faileth, but truly that is ⟨p. 42⟩a sign, that the dayes are at hand, and the effect of every vision, Ezek. 12.23. Lets turn all into Prayer.
And shall we not be Instant in Prayer for our own most sinful Nation, which is under the guilt of bloody crimes, and yet has had Miraculous deliverances. When was there a Nation (except the Jewish) that manifested a greater contempt of the Gospel? What shall we say when near upon two Thousand Ministers of God were silenced in one black day? Was there ever Nation that declared a greater Enmity against being a Reformed Nation, when a Covenant for Reformation was burnt after the most ignominious manner that possibly could be? And is there not a cry of Innocent blood! In some of the late unhappy Reigns were not Lives, and some of them of Eminent Men taken away by forms of Law, just as Naboths was in the days of Ahab, and not one ⟨p. 43⟩