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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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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.
1. He that is in the Way of righteousness is a righteous Man. He is one that not only does actions which as to the matter of them are according to the rule or law of righteousness, for so may an unrighteous man, but one that as to his spiritual State is, a righteous, or a godly Man. One whose way and course is righteous. Men while in this World are Viatores, they are travelling in one of two ways. Either in the broad way which leads to destruction, which the most of Men are going in, that's the way of Unrighteousness: Or in the narrow way which leads to life; that's the way of Righteousness. Prov. 12.28. In the way of righteousness is Life, & in the path way thereof is no death. This is that which is called the good way: 1 Sam. 12.23. I will teach you the good & the right ⟨p. 68⟩way, which men should be very solicitous about their getting into that way. Jer. 6.16. Ask where is the good way & walk therein. And the way of good men, Prov. 2.20. And the way which is called holy, Isai. 35.8. So the way John Baptist walked and taught others by his example as well as by his doctrine to walk in it. Matt. 21.32. John came in the way of righteousness. This way of righteousness is the way of Gods Commandments, and of His Precepts, Psal. 119.27. Men do not naturally choose or walk in that way. Wherefore going in the way of righteousness implies, Conversion. For Unconverted Sinners are not in that way. Among all the Unconverted Sinners in the World, there is not one righteous Man to be found. Rom. 3.10. It is written, there is none righteous, no not one.
1. He that is in the Way of righteousness is a righteous Man. He is one that not only does actions which as to the matter of them are according to the rule or law of righteousness, for so may an unrighteous man, but one that as to his spiritual State is, a righteous, or a godly Man. One whose way and course is righteous. Men while in this World are Viatores, they are travelling in one of two ways. Either in the broad way which leads to destruction, which the most of Men are going in, that's the way of Unrighteousness: Or in the narrow way which leads to life; that's the way of Righteousness.