Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…

Name: Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Author: Cotton Mather

Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726

[2], iv, 10, 207, [5] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo) · 57k words · Evans 2775

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We Proceed unto the Methods and Customs, IN THE CHURCHES OF New-Eng… › Article 6: ARTICLE VI. The Pastoral Care Exercised in the more PRIVATE SERVICES of it.

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The Application of this Mercy, with the Blood in which it flows down, unto the Soul of the Sick Person, is then implored. And it is therefore asked, that he may with a Repenting Soul, bewail all the Errors of his Life; all his Forgetfulness of GOD, and of the Errand which GOD sent him into the World upon; all his Violations of the Divine Laws, and of his own Vows; all his Neglect of the Great Salvation; all his Misimprovements under Means of Good; all his Misbehaviours in all Conditions, and all Relations, and all Employments; and above all that he may lay to Heart the Fountain of Sin in his Heart, which he brought into the World with him.

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It is hereupon asked, That with a lively Faith, he may be helped from above to make the ⟨p. 110⟩Flight of a Distressed Soul, unto the Blood which Cleanses from all Sin, and plead the Sacrifice of our Great SAVIOUR for His Atonement, and make the Righteousness of our Great SAVIOUR his only Plea for his Acceptance with GOD. But that he may be made willing at the same Time to submit unto the Spirit of Grace, and all His Gracious Operations; and that he may accordingly have the Experience thereof, quickening him to Turn and Live unto GOD; and that the Sanctifying Work of the Holy Spirit upon his Mind, may prove a Real, Thorough, Saving Work, and an Hope that will not make ashamed; and that the present Circumstances of the Sick Person may contribute unto it.

It is hereupon asked, That with a lively Faith, he may be helped from above to make the ⟨p. 110⟩Flight of a Distressed Soul, unto the Blood which Cleanses from all Sin, and plead the Sacrifice of our Great SAVIOUR for His Atonement, and make the Righteousness of our Great SAVIOUR his only Plea for his Acceptance with GOD. But that he may be made willing at the same Time to submit unto the Spirit of Grace, and all His Gratious Operations; and that he may accordingly have the Experience thereof, quickening him to Turn and Live unto GOD; and that the Sanctifying Work of the Holy Spirit upon his Mind, may prove a Real, Thorough, Saving Work, and an Hope that will not make ashamed; and that the present Circumstances of the Sick Person may contribute unto it.

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