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Author: Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766.
Title: Practical discourses delivered on occasion of the earthquakes in November, 1755. Wherein is particularly shown, by a variety of arguments, the great importance of turning our feet unto God's testimonies, and of making haste to keep his commandments; together with the reasonableness, the necessity, and great advantage, of a serious consideration of our ways. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West-Church in Boston.
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Print source: Practical discourses delivered on occasion of the earthquakes in November, 1755. Wherein is particularly shown, by a variety of arguments, the great importance of turning our feet unto God's testimonies, and of making haste to keep his commandments; together with the reasonableness, the necessity, and great advantage, of a serious consideration of our ways. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West-Church in Boston.
Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766.
Boston; New-England:: Printed and sold by Richard Draper, in Newbury-Street, and Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street., MDCCLX. [1760]
Subject terms:
Earthquakes -- New England -- Religious interpretations.
Earthquakes -- Religious interpretations.
Sermons -- Collections.
Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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The AUTHOR To the Children and Youth of his Pastoral Charge.
The CONTENTS Of Thirteen SERMONS ON
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SERMON I. Of the great Importance of Sinners turning their Feet unto GOD's Testimonies.
SERMON II. Of the great Importance of Sinners turning their Feet unto GOD's Testimonies.
SERMON III. The Reasonableness and Importance of making Haste to keep God's Commandments. The first Argu|ment; drawn from a Considera|tion of the Shortness of human Life, and the uncertain Duration of this probationary State.
SERMON IV. The Reasonableness and Importance of making Haste to keep God's Commandments. The second Argument; drawn from a Consi|deration of the greater Difficulty attending a Reformation, if deferred 'til the Habits of Sin are confirmed and strengthened.
SERMON V. THE Reasonableness and Importance of making Haste to keep God's Commandments. The third Ar|gument; drawn from a Conside|ration of the superior Happiness at|tending a religious and virtuous Life.
SERMON VI. THE Reasonableness and Impor|tance of making Haste to keep God's Commandments. The fourth Argument; drawn from a Consideration of the greater Pro|gress we shall make in true Wis|dom and Holiness, and of the greater Happiness, to which we shall attain hereafter, if we de|vote ourselves early to the Service of God.
SERMON VII. THE Reasonableness and Importance of making Haste to keep God's Commandments. The fifth Ar|gument; drawn from a Conside|ration of the peculiar Amiable|ness of Virtue and Religion in Youth; the peculiar Infamy of Vice in Age; and the greater Honour we do to God and our Redeemer, by devoting the Morn|ing of Life to Religion, than by delaying the Service of God till old, or middle Age.
SERMON VIII. THE Reasonableness and Importance of making Haste to keep God's Commandments. The Sixth Ar|gument; drawn from a Consi|deration of the base Ingratitude of delaying it, while God merci|fully allows us a Space for Re|pentance, and manifests such great Love and Condescention towards us, as appear in the Gospel.
SERMON IX. THE Reasonableness and Importance of making Haste to keep God's Commandments. The seventh Argument; drawn from a Con|sideration of the audacious Im|piety of hardening our Hearts from Time to Time, against the Fear of God, while he admo|nishes us to break off our Sins by Repentance; together with the Danger there is, that such impi|ous Contemners of his Displeasure, will be utterly forsaken of him, and left to fill up the Measure of their Iniquities.
SERMON X. THE Reasonableness of thinking seriously on our Ways, shewn from a Consideration of the Fa|culty of Reflection, and thse other moral Powers, by which the Author of our Nature hath distinguished us from mere Ani|mals.
SERMON XI. THE Necessity of Thinking on our Ways, in order to a Reformation of them, and turning our Feet unto GOD's Testimonies.
SERMON XII. THINKING on our Ways naturally conducive to the Amendment of them; with the Ground there is to hope, that those who are brought to sober Reflexion, will, in Consequence hereof, make Haste to keep GOD's command|ments.
SERMON XIII. THE recapitulatory and concluding Discourse: Wherein are some Reflexions on those alarming Dis|pensations of Providence, which gave Occasion to treat this Sub|ject with such Extent.
ADVERTISEMENT.
TO BE SOLD by R. DRAPER in Newbury-Street, and EDES & GILL in Cornhill, BOSTON.