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A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…
A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirmed, their excellence displayed, their usefulness improved; contrary errors & vices refuted & exposed, objections answered, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolved; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefaced by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirm'd, their excellence display'd, their usefulness improv'd; contrary errors & vices refuted & expos'd, objections answer'd, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolv'd; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefac'd by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green and S. Kneeland for B. Eliot and D. Henchman, 1726
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.
AT first in his younger Years, his Master committed to his Pastoral Care a Flock in a more obscure part of this Wilderness: But so great a Light was soon observed through' the whole Land: And his Lord did not design to bury him in obscurity, but to place him in a more eminent Station, which he was qualified for. The Providence that occasioned his Removal to this Place was an Awful Judgment upon the whole Land; yet was Eventually a Mercy in this respect, that it made way for the Translation of this bright Star to a more Conspicuous Orb; where his Influence was more Extensive and Beneficial; and in this it was a great Blessing to this Congregation, to this Town, nay, to all New-England.
AT first in his younger Years, his Master committed to his Pastoral Care a Flock in a more obscure part of this Wilderness: But so great a Light was soon observed thro' the whole Land: And his Lord did not design to bury him in obscurity, but to place him in a more eminent Station, which he was qualifyed for. The Providence that occasioned his Removal to this Place was an Awful Judgment upon the whole Land; yet was Eventually a Mercy in this respect, that it made way for the Translation of this bright Star to a more Conspicuous Orb; where his Influence was more Extensive and Beneficial; and in this it was a great Blessing to this Congregation, to this Town, nay, to all New-England.
WITH what Prudence and Faithfulness, Diligence and Impartiality, he discharged the Duties of his Pastoral Office to this Flock, GOD, CHRIST and ANGELS are Witnesses; and I doubt not but he has received the Testimony hereof from many in the World of Perfected Spirits, who have been Blessing God for him, as the Instrument by whom they have been led to Glory: And I trust there are many yet Living, and now Standing before God, who are the Seals of his Ministry, and will be his CROWN and JOY in the Day of the Lord. In his whole Ministry he expressed a true Love and Zeal for Christ, and tender Compassion to Immortal Souls: There was light, heat and life in all his Addresses to them, which argued he well understood the worth of Souls, and had a just sense of their miserable Apostate Circumstances.
WITH what Prudence and Faithfulness, Diligence and Importiality, he discharged the Duties of his Pastoral Office to this Flock, GOD, CHRIST and ANGELS are Witnesses; and I doubt not but he has received the Testimony hereof from many in the World of Perfected Spirits, who have been Blessing God for him, as the Instrument by whom they have been led to Glory: And I trust there are many yet Living, and now Standing before God, who are the Seals of his Ministry, and will be his CROWN and JOY in the Day of the Lord. In his whole Ministry he expressed a true Love and Zeal for Christ, and tender Compassion to Immortal Souls: There was light, heat and life in all his Addresses to them, which argued he well understood the worth of Souls, and had a just sense of their miserable Apostate Circumstances.