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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.
USE, I. This is ground of Encouragement to People, in Praying for the Presence of God with their Ministers. The Minister should Pray for ⟨p. 15⟩the People, and the People should Pray for their Ministers, for their own Ministers, and for the Ministers of the Land; yea, and for the Ministers of the Christian World. Moses Prays for the Ministers. Deut. 33.8. And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim, and thy Urim be with the holy One, &c. Verse 11. Bless, Lord his substance, and accept the work of his hands. David did so, Psal. 132.9. Let thy Priests be clothed with Righteousness. There is ground of encouragement that Christ hath promised His Presence with them. This Promise may make you bold and free in Praying for them: you may conclude that 'tis acceptable to God so to do. You may gather from this Promise that you are welcome to Pray for them, that it is a thing suitable to the Heart of God, and that there is great hopes that God will accept of such Prayers. Indeed God don't oblige Himself as to the degree of this Mercy, but you have no reason to be discouraged, He allows you to put Him in mind of His Promise, and to beg of Him that He would remember His Word, and fulfil it graciously. You should look on this Mercy as a Mercy that God delights to bestow, and so come boldly to the Throne of Grace for it.
USE, I. This is ground of Encouragement to People, in Praying for the Presence of God with their Ministers. The Minister should Pray for ⟨p. 15⟩the People, and the People should Pray for their Ministers, for their own Ministers, and for the Ministers of the Land; yea, and for the Ministers of the Christian World. Moses Prays for the Ministers. Deut. 33.8. And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim, and thy Urim be with the holy One, &c. Verse 11. Bless, Lord his substance, and accept the work of his hands. David did so, Psal. 132.9. Let thy Priests be clothed with Righteousness. There is ground of incouragement that Christ hath promised His Presence with them. This Promise may make you bold and free in Praying for them: you may conclude that 'tis acceptable to God so to do. You may gather from this Promise that you are welcome to Pray for them, that it is a thing suitable to the Heart of God, and that there is great hopes that God will accept of such Prayers. Indeed God don't oblige Himself as to the degree of this Mercy, but you have no reason to be discouraged, He allows you to put Him in mind of His Promise, and to beg of Him that He would remember His Word, and fulfill it graciously. You should look on this Mercy as a Mercy that God delights to bestow, and so come boldly to the Throne of Grace for it.