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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. It is evident, that this salvation of Israel will be wonderful, because men are so unapt to believe it. The truth is, that there is a natural averseness in the hearts of sinful men from giving due respect and credence to prophetical Scripture; such is the lamentable corruption of mens nature, that they are more apt to be taken with fond, foolish, false prophesies that have nothing of a divine inspiration in them, than with the blessed and holy prophesies contained in the Scriptures of truth, Luke 24.25. He said unto them, O fools, & slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! So that even the Disciples of Christ may be slow of heart to believe the things spoken by the Prophets. Yea, I am persuaded that it is one of the greatest sins of many that truly fear God, that they are so slow and negligent in searching into the things spoken by the Prophets. Now this salvation of Israel is a principal ⟨p. 75⟩thing spoken of by the Prophets: Yea, all the Prophets have said something concerning this very thing; therefore men are slow to believe here. We may say concerning the salvation of the Jewish Nation, as was said of their destruction by the Chaldeans, Hab. 1.5. Behold ye among the heathen, and regard and wonder marvellously, for I will work a work in your days, which you will not believe though it •e told you. Even so when the salvation of Israel is come out of Zion, the Lord will work such a work as that the Gentile Nations shall wonder marvellously; yea, it will be such, that men will not believe it though they be told of it before-hand, and told of it too from the word of the Lord.
3. It is evident, that this salvation of Israel will be wonderful, because men are so unapt to believe it. The truth is, that there is a natural aversness in the hearts of sinful men from giving due respect and credence to prophetical Scripture; such is the lamentable corruption of mens nature, that they are more apt to be taken with fond, foolish, false prophesies that have nothing of a divine inspiration in them, than with the blessed and holy prophesies contained in the Scriptures of truth,