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Useful instructions for a professing people in times of great security and degeneracy
Useful instructions for a professing people in times of great security and degeneracy: delivered in several sermons on solemn occasions: / by Mr. Samuel Willard Pastor of the Church of Christ at Groton. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green, 1673
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.
1. Consider the wonderful self denial that there is in God, he needs us not, but could do well enough without us, being self-sufficient in himself, yea, hath Angels which attend upon him, and that he should accept of dust and ashes, much more unprofitable sinful creatures, and receive them into mercy; oh what a condescendency is this!
1. Consider the wonderful self denyal that there is in God, he needs us not, but could do well enough without us, being self-sufficient in himself, yea, hath Angels which attend upon him, and that he should accept of dust and ashes, much more unprofitable sinful creatures, and receive them into mercy; oh what a condescendency is this!
2. Consider, the wrong we do him will fall upon our selves in the end, we may fight against him, but they are arrows shot up against heaven, which will fall down upon our own heads Jer. 7. 19. we may think what we will, but the issue of such provocations, will be the impe•• tent sinners confusion; briers and thorns must not think to thrive again the devouring fire.
2. Consider, the wrong we do him will fall upon our selves in the end, we may fight against him, but they are arrows shot up against heaven, which will fall down upon our own heads Ier. 7. 19. we may think what we will, but the issue of such provocations, will be the impe•• tent sinners confusion; briers and thorns must not think to thrive again the devouring fire.