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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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In the Spring of the Year, 1670. he returned unto his Beloved Pulpit: And made his first Sermon on those Words: Psal. XCIV. 12. Blessed is the Man, whom thou Chastenest, O Lord, and reachest out of thy Law. But being still under feeble Circumstances, and having a Strong Impression on his Mind, that the Drinking of the Mineral Waters might be of use to him, he took a Lodging at Lin, where he might repair every Morning, to a Spring there, which was then Famous through the Country. I will Transcribe a Passage or two from his Diary, which he wrote in the Time of his being there.
In the Spring of the Year, 1670. he returned unto his Beloved Pulpit: And made his first Sermon on those Words: Psal. XCIV. 12. Blessed is the Man, whom thou Chastnest, O Lord, and reachest out of thy Law. But being still under feeble Circumstances, and having a Strong Impression on his Mind, that the Drinking of the Mineral Waters might be of use to him, he took a Lodging at Lyn, where he might repair every Morning, to a Spring there, which was then Famous through the Country. I will Transcribe a Passage or two from his Diary, which he wrote in the Time of his being there.
One is this. At the Waters, retiring myself under the Trees, I poured out my Soul before the Lord, and there met with Him. I did humbly and believingly (through the Lords Grace towards me) betake myself unto GOD, and unto JESUS CHRIST, for the Healing of my Bodily Distempers. I Believed, Because, though Sin had brought these Distempers on me, yet GOD had accepted the Sacrifice, which CHRIST has offered for my Sin. Because also GOD had formerly heard my Prayers. And because CHRIST has Redeemed my Body as well as my Soul. CHRIST intends to bestow Eternal Glory on my Body as well as on my Soul: And therefore He will not deny unto me so small a matter as Bodily Health, which is nothing in comparison of Eternal Glory. Finally, Because I desire Health, for the Lord's Sake, and not for my own; Even that I may do Service for Him. After Prayer, I went away Inwardly Rejoicing, because, I have Prevailed! I have Prevailed I have Prevailed for Mercy!