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A sermon wherein is showed, I. That the ministers of the Gospel need, and…A sermon wherein is shewed, I. That the ministers of the Gospel need, and…
A sermon wherein is showed, I. That the ministers of the Gospel need, and ought to desire the prayers of the Lord's people for them. II. That the people of God ought to pray for his ministers. : Preached at Roxbury, October 29. 1718. When Mr. Thomas Walter was ordained a pastor in that church, by his grand-father, Increase Mather. D.D. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]A sermon wherein is shewed, I. That the ministers of the Gospel need, and ought to desire the prayers of the Lord's people for them. II. That the people of God ought to pray for his ministers. : Preached at Roxbury, October 29. 1718. When Mr. Thomas Walter was ordained a pastor in that church, by his grand-father, Increase Mather. D.D. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for J. Edwards, 1718
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MY Brethren; How Hard is our Work, When Legions of Devils are continually falling upon us, with Various and Furious Temptations, to Defeat or to Revenge the Damage which we do unto their Kingdom in the World! Can any Man be set upon a Pinnacle of the Temple, and not be assaulted with Singular Temptations there? Can any Man shine among the Stars of Heaven, that are the Light of the Earth, and ⟨p. 30⟩feel no Strokes and Stings from the Tail of the Dragon there? But at the same time, to be encumbered with a Flesh that Sides with Satan, and is an Enemy to every part of the Work! What Assistances are needful, that such a Work may be carried on as it ought to be!
MY Brethren; How Hard is our Work, When Legions of Devils are continually falling upon us, with Various and Furious Temptations, to Defeat or to Revenge the Damage which we do unto their Kingdom in the World! Can any Man be set upon a Pinacle of the Temple, and not be assaulted with Singular Temptations there? Can any Man shine among the Stars of Heaven, that are the Light of the Earth, and ⟨p. 30⟩feel no Strokes and Stings from the Tail of the Dragon there? But at the same time, to be encumbred with a Flesh that Sides with Satan, and is an Enemy to every part of the Work! What Assistences are needful, that such a Work may be carried on as it ought to be!
A Work, which lies in Watching for Souls that must before a most awful Tribunal be Accounted for! A Work, which must prepare costly oblations not only for a People in very different, and oftentimes very difficult Circumstances, but also for the Lord of Hosts Himself: A Great King, whose Name is Venerable! A Work, for which a Man must be accomplished with many Talents, if he would be a Workman that needs not be ashamed!