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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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WILL an Unregenerate Minister, an Unsanctified Minister, take this Method for the Divine Assistances? Or, does our SAVIOUR say, Follow thou me, unto any but those who cease to remain among the Dead? Or, is a Dead Man likely to Prophecy over the dry Bones with any Efficacy? Surely, When an Ungodly Minister, has been called, Spiritual Nonsense, very good sense has been spoken, in so terming of it. Can they Work to any purpose for GOD, who have not begun to Live unto GOD?
WILL an Unregenerate Minister, an Unsanctified Minister, take this Method for the Divine Assistences? Or, does our SAVIOUR say, Follow thou me, unto any but those who cease to remain among the Dead? Or, is a Dead Man likely to Prophecy over the dry Bones with any Efficacy? Surely, When an Ungodly Minister, has been called, Spiritual Nonsense, very good sense has been spoken, in so terming of it. Can they Work to any purpose for GOD, who have not begun to Live unto GOD?
MY Son, and my Brother, We hope that you do so; That, This my Son is Alive; And that the Life of GOD has begun in your Soul, which will dispose you to lay out your Excellent Faculties and Attainments, with a proportionable and incomparable Industry for the Service of the Glorious Lord, unto whom you are this Day with all Solemnity brought under an inviolable Consecration. You are not the Dead Man; of whom the Prophet uses that Expression, His Uncle shall take him up; No, but being passed from Death to Life, you will in a most ⟨p. 33⟩lively manner apply your self unto that Work, whereof a Crown of Life will be the Recompense.
MT Son, and my Brother, We hope that you do so; That, This my Son is Alive; And that the Life of GOD has begun in your Soul, which will dispose you to lay out your Excellent Faculties and Attainments, with a proportionable and incomparable Industry for the Service of the Glorious Lord, unto whom you are this Day with all Solemnity brought under an inviolable Consecration. You are not the Dead Man; of whom the Prophet uses that Expression, His Uncle shall take him up; No, but being passed from Death to Life, you will in a most