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The wicked mans portion. Or A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in…
The wicked mans portion. Or A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in New-England the 18th day of the 1 month 1674. when two men were executed, who had murdered their master.) Wherein is showed that excess in wickedness doth bring untimely death. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a Church of Christ. ; [Six lines of quotations]The wicked mans portion. Or A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in New-England the 18th day of the 1 moneth 1674. when two men were executed, who had murthered their master.) Wherein is shewed that excesse in wickedness doth bring untimely death. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a Church of Christ. ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1675
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.
Eccles, 7. 17. Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou dye before thy time?
Solomon being a man full of wisdom, was very observant of the Providences of God, which happened in the place and in the age wherein he lived. He doth in this Chapter give us an account of some of his Observations that way, There is one special Observation in this Context, viz in the 15 verse of this Chapter, where we have the wise man saying, There is a just man that perisheth in his Righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth hi• life in his wickedness. Now lest any one should abuse this doctrine of the just mans perishing in his righteousness; and the wicked mans prolonging his life in his wickedness, He proceeds to a double exhortation.
SOlomon being a man full of wisdome, was very observant of the Providences of God, which hapned in the place and in the age wherein he lived. He doth in this Chapter give us an account of some of his Observations that way, There is one special Observation in this Context, viz in the 15 verse of this Chapter, where we have the wise man saying, There is a just man that perisheth in his Righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth hi• life in his wickedness. Now lest any one should abuse this doctrine of the just mans perishing in his righteousness; and the wicked mans prolonging his life in his wickedness, He proceeds to a double exhortation.
1. He doth exhort to beware of errors on the right hand. verse 16th. where there are two errors on the right hand mentioned.