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Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr.…
Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr. Increase Mather. Who expired, August 23. 1723. : [One line from II Kings]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nathaniel Belknap, 1724
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REMARKABLES OF Dr. Increase Mather. › Article 11: ARTICLE XI. An Entrance into the Holiest of all.
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ARTICLE XI. An Entrance into the Holiest of all.
I am still in Arrears, for the Diary: and I am thus to Answer them. I remember that ⟨p. 45⟩Gregory Nazianzen, Speaking of the Prayers, which his Father poured out at the Celebration of the Eucharist, says nothing of a Lifeless Liturgy, but says, They were Dictated by the Holy Spirit of GOD. The Prayers made by mine, on the Eucharistical Occasions often were most certainly so! And now and then in the more Early Years of his Ministry, he made a short entry of such Flights as his melted Soul was transported to. You shall have a Scantling.
On a certain Day, he Writes. I was this Day much Affected in Administering the Supper of the Lord: Especially in the last Prayer, saying, Now Dearest Lord, If ever there were poor Creatures in the World, that had cause to Love and Bless the Lord, we are they! We have done thee Infinite Wrongs; But thou hast forgiven us all those Wrongs, and dealest with us, as with thy Friends this Day. How can we but Mourn for the Wrongs that we have done unto thee! If we had Wronged an Enemy, and that in a small matter, we should be Grieved for it: But we have Wronged the Son of GOD; Wronged our SAVIOUR; Yea, we have killed Him. He had never come to the Cross, had it not been for our Sins, as we are the Elect of GOD. But the Blood that we have shed, has Procured our Pardon; as it did for the Jews that killed Him; So many of them as belonged unto thine Election. Yea, CHRIST Prayed for them, saying Father, Forgive them! And so thou knowest, He has done for us. CHRIST hath said before thee concerning us, Father, Forgive them! If Children much Offend their Father, yet