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Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that…
Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that we may comfortably walk with God in our general and particular callings: &c. In a letter to a pious friend in England. / By Thomas Shepard, M.A. Formerly of Emmanuel-College in Cambridge in England: afterward Minister of Cambridge in New-England. ; Corrected by four several editions.
Boston: printed by Rogers and Fowle, 1747
MEDITATIONS AND Spiritual Experiences OF Mr. THOMAS SHEPARD.
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But then I did question, Will the Lord receive me, and take me to do me good everlastingly? Because I gave up my Friends, and the whole Church to the Lord also, as I did my self: And will the Lord take all them?
Answ. Here I saw the great Privilege of Men and Wisdom of God in his committing some Men's Souls to the Care of one godly Man, of a public Spirit; because he, Moses-like, commends them, gives them, returns them all to the Lord again, and so a World of Good is communicated for his Sake.
Answ. Here I saw the great Priviledge of Men and Wisdom of God in his committing some Men's Souls to the Care of one godly Man, of a publick Spirit; because he, Moses-like, commends them, gives them, returns them all to the Lord again, and so a World of Good is communicated for his Sake.
3d. Question was; But might I take the Lord? And my
Answer was, If the Lord did apprehend and take me to himself, then I might take him, for I had no other to lay hold on.