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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.
Quest. 1. How can one be said to die before his Time?
Quest. 1. How can one be said to dy before his Time?
Answ. Not in respect of the decree of God. No man shall die before the Time which the Lord hath determined be fulfilled. The Time of every mans Death is appointed. Hence Job saith Chap. 14. verse 14. All the days of my appointed Time will I wait till my change come. and in the 5th verse of that Chapter it is said, S•ing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. 1Not only the years but the months, nay the days which every man shall live are determined by the Lord, so as that he shall not live a day longer, nor die a day sooner than was before appointed. But a man may be said to die before his Time.
Answ. Not in respect of the decree of God. No man shall dy before the Time which the Lord hath determined be fulfilled. The Time of every mans Death is appointed. Hence Job saith Chap. 14. verse 14. All the dayes of my appointed Time will I wait till my change come. and in the 5th verse of that Chapter it is said, S•ing his day•s are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. 1Not onely the years but the moneths, nay the dayes which every man shall live are determined by the Lord, so as that he shall not live a day longer, nor dy a day sooner than was before appointed. But a man may be said to dy before his Time.
- 1See Mr Cotton on Eccle• 7.17.