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The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applied: or, A discourse concerning the general…The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applyed: or, A discourse concerning the general…
The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applied: or, A discourse concerning the general conversion of the Israelitish nation. Wherein is showed, 1. That the Twelve Tribes shall be saved. 2. When this is to be expected. 3. Why this must be. 4. What kind of salvation the Tribes of Israel shall partake of (viz.) a glorious, wonderful, spiritual, temporal salvation. : Being the substance of several sermons preached / by Increase Mather, M.A. teacher of a church in Boston in New England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applyed: or, A discourse concerning the general conversion of the Israelitish nation. Wherein is shewed, 1. That the Twelve Tribes shall be saved. 2. When this is to be expected. 3. Why this must be. 4. What kind of salvetion the Tribes of Israel shall partake of (viz.) a glorious, wonderful, spiritual, temporal salvation. : Being the substance of several sermons preached / by Increase Mather, M.A. teacher of a church in Boston in New England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]
London: printed for John Allen, 1669
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3. The wickedness of the wicked, is grown to a monstrous height, and that is a sign it will not be long before the deliverer come unto Zion. When righteous men are more and more righteous, and when wicked men are more and more wicked, 'tis a sign that the Lord is coming to finish the Mystery of God, in creating the new world wherein the righteous should dwell, Rev. 22.11, 12. Mal. 3.13, 14, 15, wherefore if we would know whether this salvation of Israel be near or no, then we must ⟨p. 40⟩consider whether the Antichristian Generation have filled up the measure of their iniquity, collate Gen. 15.16. with Luke 21.24. And truly, there is reason to think that the iniquity of the Antichristian world is almost full. For •hen is sin full, when according to all the dimensions of it, the measure thereof is filled up, scil. when the breadth, and length, and height, and depth of sin is fulfilled. And is it not coming to that •pace at this day? sin hath filled up its breadth, when i• is become universal. And how doth the iniquity of the Antichristian Generation abound in this respect? Have not some Lands received (if not the mark) the number of the beasts name, which once had almost wholly cast him off? Doth not Popery spread it self abroad, and prevail exceedingly? However to be sure, there was a time when all the world wondered after the beast. And sin hath filled up that dimension of its length when it hath been of long continuance. And hath not the iniquity of Antichrist been so? It might be proved, that the Blasphemy (i. e. the Idolatry) Isa. 65.7.) of Antichrist hath continued above 1200 years. Again, sin hath filled up that dimension of its height when it is grown insolent against heaven, when there is sinning with an high hand, when hideous blasphemies are spoken against the God of heaven. Thus must it be immediately before the calling of the Jews,