Discourses to the aged / by Job Orton.
| Author/creator | Orton, Job |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Salem [Mass.] : Printed by Joshua Cushing for Thomas C. Cushing, 1801. |
| Description | xii, 340 pages ; 18 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 1081. ^A575643 |
| Contents | The difference between the activity of youth and the infirmities of age -- Barzillai's refusal of David's invitation to Jerusalem -- The fruitfulness of aged Christians -- Caleb's reflection on the goodness and faithfulness of God to him -- The design and improvement of useless days and wearisome nights -- God's promise to bear and deliver his aged servants -- Israel's journey thro' the wilderness, an emblem of the Christian's state on earth -- The outward man decaying, and the inward man renewing -- Jacob's acknowledgment of the divine care, and blessing his grand-children -- Joseph's dying assurance to his brethren, that God would visit them -- The honour of aged piety -- The joy of the aged in leaving their descendants prosperous, peaceful and pious -- The hand of God in removing our friends far from us -- The assurance of rest and future glory gived to aged Daniel. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 1081 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1081). |
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