Journal of Richard Mather. 1635: His Life and Death. 1670 |
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Page 36 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Page 33 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; they rest from their labours, and their works follow them...
Page 52 - ... my mind, but that I could stand before them without being daunted in the least measure, but answered for my self such words of truth and soberness as the Lord put into my mouth, not being afraid of their faces at all: which supporting and comforting presence of the Lord, I count not much less mercy, than if I had been altogether preserved out of their hands.
Page 50 - Satan and wrath of men must be suffered to break forth, untill this choice Instrument had his mouth stopped in unrighteousness. The Lecture which he kept at Prescot caused him to be much taken notice of, and so was the more unto the Adversaries of the Truth an object...
Page 46 - Mr. Mather was now jealous that some informations might have been exhibited against him for his Puritanism; instead of which, when the Bishop had him alone, what he said unto him was, "I have an earnest request unto you...
Page 77 - All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come.
Page 47 - Many years after, one of his Sons taking notice of a torn Parchment in his Fathers Study, enquired what it is ; unto whom his Father replied, That he received that when he was Ordained by the Bishop ; And (said he) / tore it, because 1 took no pleasure in keeping a monument of my sin and folly in submitting to that ' Superstition, the very remembrance whereof is grievous to me.
Page 40 - God intended better for me," he said, " than I would have chosen for myself; and therefore my father, though in other things indulgent enough, yet in this would never condescend to my request, but by putting me in hope that, by his speaking to the master, things would be amended, would still over-rule me to go on in my studies. And good it was to me to be overruled by him and his discretion, rather than to be left to my own affections and desires.
Page 35 - The Composer of this ensuing Relation is not willing that his Name should be published. But it is done by one who hath had the viewing of my Father's Manuscripts ; from whence, as well as from personal and intimate Acquaintance of many years continuance, and other wayes, he hath been truly furnished with the knowledge of what is here reported.
Page 40 - O that all school-masters would learn wisdom, moderation, and equity, towards their scholars! and seek rather to win the hearts of children by righteous loving and courteous usage, than to alienate their minds by partiality and undue severity; which had been my utter undoing, had not the good providence of God and the wisdom and authority of my father prevented.