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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.
Use 2. Exhortation. The text openeth my mouth to call upon Gods Outcasts to accept of Gods plaster. God proposeth to us Remedy, or Calamity: we have our option, whether that of the plaster, or of the sore; make we our choice. If we accept the plaster, the time of mercy, even the set time is come; if you do not accept it, you may look at it as the beginning of sorrow. That we are Out-casts, this doth speak us sick; but our not accepting the remedy, speaks our sickness incurable. To be Out-casts, this argues that we are cast off by men; but our not accepting the remedy, speaketh us cast off by God: the condition of an Outcast supposeth us sinners; but the rejection of the remedy doth say that we are castaways: for an Out-cast to need a medicine, is common to good and bad; to accept it, is proper to the good.
Ʋse 2. Exhortation. The text openeth my mouth to call upon Gods Outcasts to accept of Gods plaister. God proposeth to us Remedy, or Calamity: we have our option, whether that of the plaister, or of the sore; make we our choice. If we accept the plaister, the time of mercy, even the set time is come; if you do not accept it, you may look at it as the beginning of sorrow. That we are Out-casts, this doth speak us sick; but our not accepting the remedy, speaks our sickness incurable. To be Out-casts, this argues that we are cast off by men; but our not accepting the remedy, speaketh us cast off by God: the condition of an Outcast supposeth us sinners; but the rejection of the remedy doth say that we are castawayes: for an Out-cast to need a medicine, is common to good and bad; to accept it, is proper to the good.
Let us then accept the Lords Plaster. As an Ingredient thereto, I shall propose this Direction; viz.
Let us then accept the Lords Plaister. As an Ingredient thereto, I shall propose this Direction; viz.