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Three choice and profitable sermons upon several texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17,…Three choice and profitable sermons upon severall texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17,…
Three choice and profitable sermons upon several texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17, John 14. 3, Heb. 8. 5 : the first of them being the last sermon which he preached at the court of election at Boston, the second was the last which he preached on the Lords-Day, the third was the last which he preached on his weekly-lecture-day : wherein (beside many other excellent and seasonable truths) is showed, the Lords sovereignty over, and care for his church and people, in order to both their militant and triumphant condition, and their fidelity and good affection towards himself / by that reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Norton ...Three choice and profitable sermons upon severall texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17, John 14. 3, Heb. 8. 5 : the first of them being the last sermon which he preached at the court of election at Boston, the second was the last which he preached on the Lords-Day, the third was the last which he preached on his weekly-lecture-day : wherein (beside many other excellent and seasonable truths) is shewed, the Lords soveraignty over, and care for his church and people, in order to both their militant and triumphant condition, and their fidelity and good affection towards himself / by that reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Norton ...
printed by S.G. and M.I. for Hezekiah Usher of Boston, 1664
Sermon 1: ZION the Out-cast healed of her Wounds.Sermon 1: SION the Out-cast healed of her Wounds.
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 Text may be called A Divine Plaster for a Sinsick Out-cast: in other words it is Gods Cure of Zion, when incurably Wounded. You have here the Patient described from divers Adjuncts: some Inherent, abiding in the Patient; some Extrinsical, relating to the Patient. That which is Abiding, is that she is an Out-cast, Wounded, and Sick: That which is Extrinsical, relateth either to the Spectators, or to the Physician. To the Beholders: and there you have their disaffection, viz. They called thee an Out-cast, saying, &c. To the Physician: and there you have his affection, viz. I will restore health to thee, and will heal thee of thy wounds: which Affection is amplified, 1. From the Cause, Because they called thee an Out-cast, therefore will I heal thee. 2. From the Infallibility of it, upon the testimony of this Physician; Thus saith the Lord. They say, Thou art an Out-cast: the Lord saith, He will restore her.
THis Text may be called A Divine Plaister for a Sinsick Out-cast: in other words it is Gods Cure of Sion, when incurably Wounded. You have here the Patient described from divers Adjuncts: some Inherent, abiding in the Patient; some Extrinsecal, relating to the Patient. That which is Abiding, is that she is an Out-cast, Wounded, and Sick: That which is Extrinsecal, relateth either to the Spectators, or to the Physician. To the Beholders: and there you have their disaffection, viz. They called thee an Out-cast, saying, &c. To the Physician: and there you have his affection, viz. I will restore health to thee, and will heal thee of thy wounds: which Affection is amplified, 1. From the Cause, Because they called thee an Out-cast, therefore will I heal thee. 2. From the Infallibility of it, upon the testimony of this Physician; Thus saith the Lord. They say, Thou art an Out-cast: the Lord saith, He will restore her.
To open the words briefly. The Patient, Here you find, 1. An [Out-cast]. It doth immediately look to the good Figs that were in Babylon, and they were in a manner voluntary Exiles, they yielded themselves to go: and such an Out-cast is here meant, as is not only cast out of the Country, but out of the hearts and affections of others. Several Comparisons there are, that set forth this Out-cast; as, that of a menstruous woman,