Early English Printed Sermons


Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness : preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston / by Cotton Mather ; published by a gentleman lately restored from threatening sickness as a humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Publisher: Printed by R Pierce sold by Jos Brunning
Place of Publication: Boston
Publication Year: 1689
Approximate Era: WilliamAndMary
TCP ID: A50162 ESTC ID: W479520 STC ID: M1153
Subject Headings: Christian life; Piety; Spiritual life;
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In-Text The Wish of Hezekiah could once bring back the shadow of the Sun, but never could any man procure a Return of his Time. Sometimes the doleful Cryes of distressed ones have been, Call Time again! call Time again! But alas, Time won't come back for Calling. Oh how should this make us to takeheed that we don't abuse any part of our Time, I shall never have this time again! When once our Time has taken wing, what is said of Love ▪ in Cant. 8. 7. that may be said of Time, If a man would give all the substance of his house for it, it would utterly be contemned, When once Time is gone, 'tis gone. The Wish of Hezekiah could once bring back the shadow of the Sun, but never could any man procure a Return of his Time. Sometime the doleful Cries of distressed ones have been, Call Time again! call Time again! But alas, Time won't come back for Calling. O how should this make us to takeheed that we don't abuse any part of our Time, I shall never have this time again! When once our Time has taken wing, what is said of Love ▪ in Cant 8. 7. that may be said of Time, If a man would give all the substance of his house for it, it would utterly be contemned, When once Time is gone, it's gone. dt n1 pp-f np1 vmd a-acp vvi av dt n1 pp-f dt n1, p-acp av-x vmd d n1 vvi dt n1 pp-f po31 n1. av dt j vvz pp-f j-vvn pi2 vhb vbn, vvb n1 av! vvb n1 av! cc-acp uh, n1 vmbx vvi av p-acp vvg. uh q-crq vmd d vvi pno12 p-acp n1 cst pns12 vdbx vvi d n1 pp-f po12 n1, pns11 vmb av-x vhi d n1 av! c-crq a-acp po12 n1 vhz vvn n1, r-crq vbz vvn pp-f n1 ▪ p-acp np1 crd crd cst vmb vbi vvn pp-f n1, cs dt n1 vmd vvi d dt n1 pp-f po31 n1 p-acp pn31, pn31 vmd av-j vbi vvn, c-crq a-acp n1 vbz vvn, pn31|vbz vvn.




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Adjacent References with Relevance: Canticles 8.7; Proverbs 6.31 (Douay-Rheims); Psalms 49.8; Psalms 49.8 (AKJV)
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Proverbs 6.31 (Douay-Rheims) proverbs 6.31: and if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house. a man would give all the substance of his house for it, it would utterly be contemned True 0.615 0.551 0.104




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In-Text Cant. 8. 7. Canticles 8.7