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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.
his spirit, his soul, his body, his All is now under an ennobling Dedication unto the Service of showing forth the praises of God: a curious Needle-work made by the fingers of the eternal▪ Spirit covers him, adorns him, makes him more excellent than his neighbour. And Oh what peace even the peace of God that passeth all understanding; O what Joh! even Joy unspeakable & full of glory; Oh what Assurance, Oh what Perseverance in this life will flow from these unto the saved Believer! Finally the Voice of the Lord Jesus unto sinners likewise is, Look unto Me and you shall be Glorified. On this score has the beloved ⟨p. 50⟩Disciple said in 1. Joh. 5. 13. You that believe on the Name of the Son of God may know that ye have eternal life. Oh how firmly is Eternal Life ensured unto Believers! Certainly, those Christ-prizing Ones shall be saved from the second Death; they shall awake in the upper world, in the future world; they shall behold the Face of God and Christ in Righteousness, and be satisfied with His likeness. The Lamb shall feed them and lead them to Fountains of Living water▪ they shall enter into the Joy of their LORD; they shall drink of the Rivers of pleasure, at the right hand of GOD for ever more: they shall so partly at their Dissolution, they shall so fully at their Resurrection, they shall so in the Heaven of Heavens, until the very Heavens be no more. Such is a little of the [Be ye saved] which all Believers hear from their heavenly Friend, from their Undertaker on high. So great Salvation will a Believing LOOK procure.
his spirit, his soul, his body, his All is now under an enobling Dedication unto the Service of shewing forth the praises of God: a curious Needle-work made by the fingers of the eternal▪ Spirit covers him, adorns him, makes him more excellent than his neighbour. And Oh what peace even the peace of God that passeth all understanding; O what Joh! even Joy unspeakable & full of glory; Oh what Assurance, Oh what Perseverance in this life will flow from these unto the saved Believer! Finally the Voice of the Lord Jesus unto sinners likewise is, Look unto Me and you shall be Glorified. On this score has the beloved ⟨p. 50⟩