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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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4. Aged Christians being found in the way of righteousness have brought more glory to the Name of God, than they could have done, if they had not been favoured with Time & Age to glorify Him in. Christians are in the Scripture compared to Trees. The fruit which grows upon such Trees, if they are Christians indeed, is righteousness. Isai 61 3. Trees of righteousness of the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified. The more of that fruit any Christian bears, the more is God glorified in them and by them. Wherefore Christ said to the disciples, Joh. 15.8. Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit. And ⟨p. 84⟩the Apostle shows that if Christians be filled with the fruits of righteousness that will be to the glory of God, Phil. 1.11. Now a Tree that has been bringing forth fruit many years one after another until it is grown Old brings forth much fruit. An Aged Saint is such a Tree. If Christians live to Old Age, it will be a great shame for them, if they have not brought forth much fruit in all that time, but if they have done so, God has been glorified by them. Nay, such Christians do not only glorify God themselves, but they cause others to glorify Him. They that see their good works will glorify their Father which is in Heaven, Matth 5.16. They that are about them may well say, if the Servants of God are thus good and thus holy, than how good is their Father who has made them to be such! And what respects is due to such Persons who have for so many years been glorifying God.
4. Aged Christians being found in the way of righteousness have brought more glory to the Name of God, than they could have done, if they had not been favoured with Time & Age to glorify Him in. Christians are in the Scripture compared to Trees. The fruit which grows upon such Trees, if they are Christians indeed, is righteousness. Isai 61 3. Trees of righteousness of the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified. The more of that fruit any Christian bears, the more is God glorified in them and by them. Wherefore Christ said to the disciples, Joh. 15.8