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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
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honour thy Father & Mother, which is the first Commandment with promise, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long on the Earth. Long life is spoken of as a greater blessing than the Riches and Honours of the World. It is said of Wisdom, That length of days are in her right hand, & in her left hand riches & honour, Prov. 3.16. The preference is given to long life, that's the right-hand blessing. And this is promised as a blessing that shall attend the happy times on the Earth yet to come. Isai 65.20. There shall be no more thence an Infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days, for the Child shall ⟨p. 57⟩dye on hundred years old. Yea, it is promised as a blessing to a Town that there shall be Old Men, and Old Women in it. Zech. 8.4. There shall be Old Men & Old Women dwell in the Streets of Jerusalem, & every man with his staff in his hand for very age. He shall need a staff to support him, not because of Sickness, but because of his great Age. And the removal of Aged Persons out of the World, is mentioned as a Judgment, and a sad Omen to the Places where they had lived and saved God. The Lord threatened His People that he would take from them the Prudent & the Ancient, Isai 3.2. And it is spoken of as an heavy Judgment on a Family, that none of that family should live to Old Age. So was it said to Eli, There shall not be an Old man in thy house, 1 Sam. 2 31. Now God by promising long life as a blessing, and threatening shortness of days as a Judgment, has put honour upon Old Age.
honour thy Father & Mother, which is the first Commandment with promise, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long on the Earth. Long life is spoken of as a greater blessing than the Riches and Honours of the World. It is said of Wisdom, That length of dayes are in her right hand, & in her left handriches & honour, Prov. 3.16. The preference is given to long life, that's the right-hand blessing. And this is promised as a blessing that shall attend the happy times on the Earth yet to come. Isai 65.20. There shall be no more thence an Infant of dayes, nor an old man that has not filled his days, for the Child shall