Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children. In three discourses. I. The old mans honour; or, The hoary head found in the way of righteousness. A discourse recommending unto old men, a saving acquaintance with the Lord Jesus Christ. II. The young man's glory, or, A wreath of graces for the head of youth. A discourse recommending unto young men, a blessed victory over the Devil. III. The little childs lesson, or, A child wise unto salvation. A discourse instructing and advising little children to the exercises of early piety. To which may be added, A short Scriptural catechism, accommodated unto their capacities / by Cotton Mather.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Publisher: Printed by R Pierce for Nicholas Buttolph at the corner shop next to Gutteridge s coffee house
Place of Publication:
Boston
Publication Year: 1690
Approximate Era: WilliamAndMary
TCP ID: B09510 ESTC ID: W18383 STC ID: M1081
Subject Headings:
Children -- Biblical teaching;
Congregational churches;
Older men -- Biblical teaching;
Sermons, American;
Young men -- Biblical teaching;
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| In-Text | And will you do nothing towards healing those prodigious wounds, which your Falls have caused your Children to lie bleeding under? Your poor Children, can you endure to see them starving, burning, dying before your Eyes? but thus they are till by Conversion they are become gracious little Children. We read in Lam. 4.3. Even the Sea-monsters draw out the Breasts, they give suck to their young ones. | And will you do nothing towards healing those prodigious wounds, which your Falls have caused your Children to lie bleeding under? Your poor Children, can you endure to see them starving, burning, dying before your Eyes? but thus they Are till by Conversion they Are become gracious little Children. We read in Lam. 4.3. Even the Sea-monsters draw out the Breasts, they give suck to their young ones. | cc vmb pn22 vdi pix p-acp vvg d j n2, r-crq po22 n2 vhb vvn po22 n2 pc-acp vvi vvg p-acp? po22 j n2, vmb pn22 vvi pc-acp vvi pno32 vvg, j-vvg, vvg p-acp po22 n2? cc-acp av pns32 vbr p-acp p-acp n1 pns32 vbr vvn j j n2. pns12 vvb p-acp np1 crd. av-j dt n2 vvb av dt n2, pns32 vvb n1 p-acp po32 j pi2. |
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Adjacent References with Relevance: Exodus 21.19; Exodus 21.19 (AKJV); Lamentations 4.3; Lamentations 4.3 (AKJV)
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| Verse & Version | Verse Text | Text | Is a Partial Textual Segment/Note | Cosine Similarity Score | Cross Encoder Score | Okapi BM25 Score |
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| Lamentations 4.3 (AKJV) - 0 | lamentations 4.3: euen the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they giue sucke to their young ones: | even the sea-monsters draw out the breasts, they give suck to their young ones | True | 0.938 | 0.973 | 4.281 |
| Lamentations 4.3 (AKJV) - 0 | lamentations 4.3: euen the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they giue sucke to their young ones: | and will you do nothing towards healing those prodigious wounds, which your falls have caused your children to lie bleeding under? your poor children, can you endure to see them starving, burning, dying before your eyes? but thus they are till by conversion they are become gracious little children. we read in lam. 4.3. even the sea-monsters draw out the breasts, they give suck to their young ones | False | 0.739 | 0.944 | 2.935 |
| Lamentations 4.3 (Geneva) | lamentations 4.3: euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse. | even the sea-monsters draw out the breasts, they give suck to their young ones | True | 0.659 | 0.887 | 0.0 |
| Lamentations 4.3 (ODRV) | lamentations 4.3: yea euen the lamiaes haue opened their breast, they haue geuen sucke to their yong, the daughter of my people is cruel, as the ostrich in the desert. | even the sea-monsters draw out the breasts, they give suck to their young ones | True | 0.629 | 0.58 | 0.0 |
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