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A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored
A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored; and the King of Glory proclaimed; on a day of prayer kept (May 10. 1721) at the opening of the New Brick Meeting House in the north part of Boston, by the ministers of the city, with the Society which built it, & this day swarmed into it. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed for Robert Starkey. And sold, 1721
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE LORD JESUS Walking in the midst of the CHURCHES. › USE I.
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.
2. Churches and the Members of them, should Walk and Act as knowing they are under the Eye of Christ. This should restrain them from Sinning, & quicken them to duty. Very often, the presence of some Serious, Grave man, will ⟨p. 28⟩be anew & restraint to others. How much more should Christ's walking in the mi••t of the Churches, and critically Observing of them, restrain them from wickedness, and quicken them to Holiness? For his Eyes are as a flame of fire. His Eyes behold, his Eye-lids try the Children of m•n. Pal. 11.4. And he •s of purer Ey• than to behold evil, and cannot look on Iniquity. H•b 1.13. And he looks not only on the outward appearance, but also on the Heart, 1 Sam. 16.7. He searches the Reins and the Hea• & will give to every one according to his works. Rev. 2.23, •er. 17.10. He observes every one, the Heart of every one, for this end, […] give to him according to •s work. If among a considerable •r, there b• •t two or three Sincere S•nts, the Lord Knows, Loves, and will Save them: or if in such a number •re be but two or three Hypocrites, the Lord Sees, Abhors, and will Punish them, it their Repentance prevent not. We shou•d therefore Endeavour so to order the Thoughts of our Hearts, and the W•s of our Mouths, the Actions of our Lives; as ⟨p. 29⟩knowing they are under the All-seeing Eye of that Holy and Glorious Judge, who cannot be deceived and wont be mocked.