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Zealots. A zeal for the house of God, blown up, in a sermon unto…Zelotes. A zeal for the house of God, blown up, in a sermon unto…
Zealots. A zeal for the house of God, blown up, in a sermon unto an assembly of Christians; in the south-part of Boston. On 8. d. XI. m. 1716,17. : A day of prayer kept by them, at their first entrance into a new edifice erected by them, for the public worship of God our Saviour. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines from St. Ambrose]Zelotes. A zeal for the house of God, blown up, in a sermon unto an assembly of Christians; in the south-part of Boston. On 8. d. XI. m. 1716,17. : A day of prayer kept by them, at their first entrance into a new edifice erected by them, for the publick worship of God our Saviour. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines from St. Ambrose]
Boston: printed by J. Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717
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Rev. 2. 23. All the Churches shall know, that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
These words, are part of the Message which our Lord Jesus Christ sent to the Angel of the Church of Thyatira, & to that Church, v. 18. There were some things among them much commended, others as plainly ⟨p. 2⟩condemned. The Commendation is, 19. I know thy works, and charity, service, and faith, and patience, […] thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Note, we should grow more and more such as God commands us to be: our succeeding works should be more and better than our preceding ones. We should grow in grace, 2 Pet. 3. 18. It's not enough to be steadfast and unmoveable, but we should be always abounding in the work of the Lord, 1 Cor. 15. 58. We ought so to walk as to please God, and abound more and more therein. 1 Thes. 4. 1. Our last works should be more than our first. Tho' there were in this Church at Thyatira, some things very commendable, yet there were others very blameworthy. v. 20. I have a few things against thee. Note by the way, If particular persons or Churches have very good things in them, that's not sufficient ground to cry them up and applaud them, as tho' there were no fault to be found with them: there may be very good things in them, yet possibly some very bad ones too. On the other ⟨p. 3⟩hand, if particular persons or Churches have some very bad and abominable things in them, that's no sufficient ground to cry them down, as though there were nothing good in them. There were in the Church of Thyatira (as well as in several others of the Asian Churches) very good things, which our Lord commends; yet there were a few things which he had against them.