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A sermon, occasioned
A sermon, occasioned by the execution of a man found guilty of murder, preached at Boston in N.E., March 11th, 1685/6 (together with the confession, last expressions, & solemn warning of the murderer to all persons, especially to young men, to beware of those sins which brought him to his miserable end) / by Increase Mather ...
Boston: printed by R.P., 1687
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The CALL of the GOSPEL, unto All the Ends of the Earth; Apply'd esp… › Part
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.
That there is such an one as the God-man Jesus Christ to go unto; and so (say) tis possible that I may live. Say now with your selves.
That there is such an one as the God-man Jesus Christ to goe unto; and so (say) tis possible that I may live. Say now with your selvs.
But is there no hope in Israel concerning me? yes, I see a door of hope. My God may become my Friend, and His Foe MAY become His child yet for all this. Yet may I glorify Him & enjoy Him forever. The Son of God is become the Son of man, a Days-man between God & man. It has pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell, and it hath pleased Himself, to engage in the blessed work of bringing God and man together. Neither will I undervalue Him so much, as to count that any of my straits are too difficult for Him to meddle with, or that any of my Faults will cause him to reject the Supplications that his Spirit shall help me to come before him with. No, No, when I am about to say unto him, Lord, If thou wilt tho• canst save me, His preventing Goodness says to me, Soul, if thou wilt, I will. Then I will no longer pine away in mine Iniquities, but look, unto Him immediately. Having got thus far,
But is there no hope in Israel concerning me? yes, I see a door of hope. My God may become my Friend, and His Foe MAY become His child yet for all this. Yet may I glorify Him & enjoy Him forever. The Son of God is become the Son of man, a Dayes-man between God & man. It has pleas'd the Father that in him should all fulness dwell, and it hath pleased Himself, to engage in the blessed work of bringing God and man together. Neither will I undervalue Him so much, as to count that any of my streights are too difficult for Him to meddle with, or that any of my Faults will cause him to reject the Supplications that his Spirit shall help me to come before him with. No, No, when I am about to say unto him, Lord, If thou wilt tho• canst save me, His preventing Goodness sayes to me, Soul, if thou wilt, I will. Then I will no longer pine away in mine Iniquities, but look, unto Him immediately. Having got thus far,