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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.
Who knoweth but that he may send down his spirit upon us here, if we continue faithful before him? These then are the Motives to stir us up to search into these Mysterious truths.
Quest. You will say, but how shall we do to understand them? Now that is the second thing to be attended in the prosecution of this Use. For answer, such rules as these are to be observed.
1. He that would understand these mysteries, must be convinced that they are things intelligible. For this is that which discourageth and keeps off many from looking into these Truths, that they think with themselves there's nothing of certainty in these things, all Interpretations of prophetical mysteries are but conjectural, &c. But as the Apostle speaks of unbelieving prayer, let not him that asketh doubting, think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord: So I say in this case; If a man be indeed of that persuasion, that there is nothing demonstrative in these mysteries, let not such a man think that he shall be able to understand any thing to purpose in these mysteries. I beseech you consider, if it were true which some men of carnal and slothful spirits would make the world believe, that the book of Revelation is a book not possible to be understood, would the spirit of God pronounce them blessed, who read (i. e. rightly interpret) it? can any man be blessed for reading himself he knows not what, things that no one can understand? Their sloth and sin is very great that do so imagine. Besides, the Lord Jesus Christ hath procured, that the book should be unsealed, Rev. 5.4, 5. Therefore let not any Disciple of Christ be terrified with the obscurity of these mysteries, for Christ hath and will unseal the book. It is indeed true, that there is difficulty and (†)