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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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THIS Hand is in their Name now given to you, as a Token of the Helping Hand, which we shall be at all times ready to give you, as it may be called for. By this Hand we Testify it, That we Accept of you as One Regularly Ordained unto the Ministry of the Gospel, and unto the Pastoral Charge of the Flock with which we are now Assembled; and that we Resolve to do what lies in us, to Strengthen you with all Brotherly Assistances in that Good Work, unto which you are now devoted.
THIS Hand is in their Name now given to you, as a Token of the Helping Hand, which we shall be at all times ready to give you, as it may be called for. By this Hand we Testify it, That we Accept of you as One Regularly Ordained unto the Ministry of the Gospel, and unto the Pastoral Charge of the Flock with which we are now Assembled; and that we Resolve to do what lies in us, to Strengthen you with all Brotherly Assistences in that Good Work, unto which you are now devoted.
AND at the same Time, we Congratulate unto this Church of the LORD, the Precious Gift of our Ascended SAVIOUR, sent unto them so Seasonably, so Agreeably, with such Remarkable Operations of His Providence. This Church, in the Testimonies of Respect which they have shown unto their Pastor and his Family, have been a bright Example of that Generous Goodness and Gratitude, which all the Congregations in the Country may behold with Satisfaction, and the Grace of our SAVIOUR in it will be magnified.
MY Brethren, Blessed be ye of the Lord, in that ye have shown this Kindness unto the House of one whom GOD has in his Day made a rich Blessing among you; And now the Lord show Kindness and Truth unto you. Yea, Your SAVIOUR will Requite you this Kindness, because you have done this thing. And the Ministry which you now Honour with even a Macedonian Liberality, will be Blessed of GOD unto you, with such Successes, and your Souls will be so Fattened and so Thriving under it, as will in Spiritual Blessings richly Compensate for all the Free-Will-Offerings which with the Beauties of Holiness His pleased Eyes behold among you. Nor shall you be losers in your Temporals, while the Sixth of Matthew, and the Thirty Third; or the Third of the Proverbs, and the Ninth and the Tenth, find a due Regard among you.