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Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness
Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness: wherein several important duties, are urged, and the evil of divers common sins, is evinced; delivered in sundry sermons. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green upon assignment of Samuel Sewall, 1682
Baptised Persons are under Sacred and Awful Obligation to the Lord.
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.
GAL. 3. 27. For as many of you, as have been Baptised into Christ, have put on Christ.
The Apostle having declared that men are justified only by Faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law, he doth obviate and answer some objections which certain self teachers who troubled the Churches in Galatia, after Pauls departure from amongst them; would be ready to make: one of which was, that then the Law was an useless thing; and that if life could not be obtained thereby, it was given in vain to the children of Israel. He therefore showeth, that the Law was of great use. 1. To convince of sin, ver. 19. 2. To lead unto Christ ver. 24. The moral Law doth convince of sin; ⟨p. 95⟩and so help men to a sight of their need of a Saviour: but especially, the Ceremonial Law, was a Schoolmaster to lead unto Christ. All the Ceremonies did one way or other point at Christ. Every Sacrifice told the Jews that they deserved Death; and that if ever they were saved from eternal death it must be by the Blood of Christ.
THe Apostle having declared that men are justified only by Faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law, he doth ob•iate and answer some objections which certain self teachers who troubled the Churches in Galatia, after Pauls departure from amongst them; would be ready to make: one of which was, that then the Law was an useless thing; and that if life could not be obtained thereby, it was given in vain to the children of Israel. He therefore sheweth, that the Law was of great use. 1. To convince of sin, ver. 19. 2. To lead unto Christ ver. 24. The moral Law doth convince of sin; ⟨p. 95⟩and so help men to a sight of their need of a Saviour: but especially, the Ceremonial Law, was a Schoolmaster to lead unto Christ. All the Ceremonies did one way or other point at Christ. Every Sacrifice told the Jews that they deserved Death; and that if ever they were saved from eternal death it must be by the Blood of Christ.