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The wonderful works of God commemorated praises bespoke for the God of heaven in…
The wonderful works of God commemorated praises bespoke for the God of heaven in a thanksgiving sermon delivered on Decemb. 19, 1689 : containing reflections upon the excellent things done by the great God ... : to which is added A sermon preached unto a convention of the Massachuset-colony in New-England ... / by Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by S. Green & sold by Joseph Browning, 1690
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This Two-fold Presence of God;
First, It has a Diverse Foundation. Whe• we look on the Covenant of Grace, there t•• Sins of one are expiated by the Sufferings o• another; and so, God comes to be with Hi• people, for whom the Atonement is thus Procured. Thus tis said in 2. Cor. 5.25 Christ was made sin [or a Sin-offering] for us, tha• we might become the Righteousness of God i• Him. Now come to outward Providence, an• there you see other measures taken. Her God is with a people, according to those Terms, in Ezek. 18.20. The Soul that sinneth IT shall dye; one shall not bear the Iniquity […].
First, It has a Diverse Foundation. Whe• we look on the Covenant of Grace, there t•• Sins of one are expiated by the Sufferings o• another; and so, God comes to be with Hi• people, for whom the A•onement is thus Procured. Thus tis said in 2. Cor. 5.25 Christ was made sin [or a Sin-offering] for us, tha• we might become the Righ•eousness of God i• Him. Now come to outward Providence, an• there you see other measures taken. Her God is with a people, according to thos• Terms, in