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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.
5. Orderly and Regularly seek to get a good Minister Settled among you On the one hand, don't be hasty, rash, precipitant; on the other hand, don't be too slow and dilatory in this Affair. Advise well in so important a ⟨p. 36⟩Matter. Don't seek for any Minister already Settled elsewhere; don't rob others to supply your own wants; this is not to do as you would be done by. Pray to the Lord of the Harvest, the great Shepherd and Bishop of Souls, that he would send forth a Labourer into this part of his Harvest; that he would Set over you a Man of Understanding, a Pastor after his own Heart, even such a Gospel Minister as is described. 1 Tim. 3. cha. In your Secret Prayers, in your Family Prayers, Cry unto God for so great a Blessing; and when you obtain one, carry it suitably to him, as the Gospel directs.
5. Orderly and Regularly seek to get a good Minister Settled among you On the one hand, dont be hasty, rash, precipitant; on the other hand, don't be too slow and dilatory in this Affair. Advise well in so important a ⟨p. 36⟩Matter. Don't seek for any Minister already Settled elsewhere; don't rob others to supply your own wants; this is not to do as you would be done by. Pray to the Lord of the Harvest, the great Shepherd and Bishop of Souls, that he would send forth a Labourer into this part of his Harvest; that he would Set over you a Man of Understanding, a Pastor after his own Heart, even such a Gospel Minister as is described. 1 Tim. 3. cha. In your Secret Prayers, in your Family Prayers, Cry unto God for so great a Blessing; and when you obtain one, carry it suitably to him, as the Gospel directs.
6. Keep close to Scripture Rule in all your Managements. Do so, when you Embody into a Church-state; do so in seeking a Minister; do so in all your following Managements. In your Belief, Profession, Worship, Discipline, Conversation; even in the whole of your Conduct, strive to Conform to the Laws of Christ, who is King in Zion, and who will soon Judge you according to your works. Hide Gods