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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
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.
And this I may affirm to you, that if there be any man which hath not had communion with God in looking into these Mysteries (which Angels love to pry into) either it is because he hath no grace in his soul, and these Mysteries indeed are such things as an unregenerate heart can find no sap, nor favour in them. They are the deep things of the spirit of ⟨p. 155⟩God, which being spiritually discerned, the natural man cannot see any beauty in them; nay, his heart secretly riseth against them; or else it is because of ignorance and unacquaintedness with the truth of these Mysteries, that a man seeth not much of God in them. And so it is too sadly true, that some of the Lords own children may have very low and unworthy thoughts concerning these Mysteries, scil ▪ through their weakness and ignorance in the Truth. Thus we read concerning the Disciples themselves, Luke 24.11. that when they were told of Christs Resurrection, they looked upon those words as idle tales, and believed them not: So there are that look upon the things that concern the first Resurrection as dreams not to be believed. As if these things were only the airy, empty speculations of some men with notions above the clouds: But as for those whose understandings God hath opened to conceive and receive these truths they see a glory in them above the world, that eye hath not seen, nor tongue can express.
Consider 4. That the time wherein the Mystery of God shall be finished draweth on apace. The salvation of all Israel, it is now near to be revealed. And this is a marvellous encouragement, to look into this Mystery of Israels salvation. For inasmuch as the time of fulfilling prophesies it at hand, we may hope that they shall be unsealed unto those whose hearts are set upon them, Rev. 22.10. and Chap. 10. ver. 11. It was said to John, Thou must prophesy again; what is the meaning of that? Is it (as (i)