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Some important truths concerning conversion, and the improving seasons of grace; as also about…
Some important truths concerning conversion, and the improving seasons of grace; as also about prayer in families, and in secret: delivered in several sermons; / by Increase Mather.
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for John Griffin, 1684
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.
Again, Grace may be exceeding weak in a true Believer, and in that case a further Conversion is necessary: Ordinarily it is thus with new-Converts; in such many times Grace is very weak, and corruption is very strong; there is little knowledge, & much ignorance; little humility, & much pride; thence a further conversion must be. This we see in the Disciples themselves, a long time they were marvellously ignorant, and yet too full of Pride and other Corruptions: but after the Ascension of Christ, there was a mighty change wrought in them; Then was that accomplished upon them, which here Christ said must be, a new Conversion, they were ⟨p. 20⟩endued with power from on high, Luk. 2. •. 19. The Lord from on high poured his Spirit mightily upon them, and thereby were they wonderfully changed: The change which was then wrought upon the Disciples, was not much less, than that which was wrought on them at their first Conversion; they differed from what themselves; were afore, well nigh as much as at their first conversion they were made to differ from other men.
Again, Grace may be exceeding weak in a true Believer, and in that case a further Conversion is necessary: Ordinarily it is thus with new-Converts; in such many times Grace is very weak, and corruption is very strong; there is little knowledge, & much ignorance; little humility, & much pride; thence a further conversion must be. This we see in the Disciples themselves, a long time they were marvelously ignorant, and yet too full of Pride and other Corruptions: but after the Ascention of Christ, there was a mighty change wrought in them; Then was that accomplished upon them, which here Christ said must be, a new Conversion, they were ⟨p. 20⟩endued with power from on high, Luk. 2. •. 19. The Lord from on high poured his Spirit mightily upon them, and thereby were they wonderfully changed: The change which was then wrought upon the Disciples, was not much less, than that which was wrought on them at their first Conversion; they differed from what themselves; were afore, well nigh as much as at their first conversion they were made to differ from other men.