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The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in…The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in…
The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green, 1718
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Presence of CHRIST WITH THE Ministers of the GOSPEL. › DOCTRINE.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. To protect their Persons. In times of Persecution Ministers are more exposed than other Men; they are looked on as the head of their Party, and the principal spite is against them. Jezebel cut off the Prophets of the Lord so the Papists have a particular Malice against them: and about Fifty Years since, Two Thousand Ministers were silenced in England, in one day, and many of them exposed to great straits: and at other times, they are exposed to many wrongs and injuries, and need help from God for their deliverance. Paul was delivered through the Presence of God. 2 Tim. 4 17. The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, and I was delivered out of the Mouth of the Lion. Christ promised Paul to deliver him, Acts 26.17. Delivering thee from the People and from the Gentiles to whom I send thee And so He did many times. If God had not delivered him, he had not continued in ⟨p. 8⟩his work as he did, but would have fallen a Sacrifice to the rage of his Enemies many Years before he did. Acts 26.22. Having obtained help of God I continue unto this day.
3. To protect their Persons. In times of Persecution Ministers are more exposed than other Men; they are looked on as the head of their Party, and the principal spight is against them. Jezabel cut off the Prophets of the Lord so the Papists have a particular Malice against them: and about Fifty Years since, Two Thousand Ministers were silenced in England, in one day, and many of them exposed to great straits: and at other times, they are exposed to many wrongs and injuries, and need help from God for their deliverance. Paul was delivered through the Presence of God. 2 Tim. 4 17. The Lord stood with me, and strengthned me, and I was deliverea out of the Mouth of the Lion. Christ promised Paul to deliver him, Acts 26.17. Delivering thee from the People and from the Gentiles to whom I send thee And so He did many times. If God had not delivered him, he had not continued in ⟨p. 8⟩