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The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without…
The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without delaying. Also, the exceeding danger of men's deferring their repentance. : Together with a discourse about the day of judgement. And on several other subjects. / By Increase Mather teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by R.P. for Joseph Brunning i.e, 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Fruitful Christians glorify God.Fruitful Christians glorifie God.
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These Words are part of a Sermon preached by our Lord Jesus Christ to His Disciples. He does therein compare Himself to a vine, and Believers on Him to vine branches; showing that they can no more bring forth fruits of acceptable Obedience unto God of themselves, than a branch that is separated from the Vine can bear grapes.
THese Words are part of a Sermon preached by our Lord Jesus Christ to His Disciples. He does therein compare Himself to a vine, and Believers on Him to vine branches; shewing that they can no more bring forth fruits of acceptable Obedience unto God of themselves, than a branch that is separated from the Vine can bear grapes.
In the preceding verse, our Lord exhorts His Disciples to abide in him, i. e. to continue constant and steadfast in the way of Faith and ⟨p. 97⟩obedience. And the Motive whereby he urgeth that Exhortation is, because then God will hear their prayers. If you abide on me, and my words in you, ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. which is to be understood with this Limitation, so far as they should ask things agreeable to the Will of God. The words now before us are a Confirmation of that Assertion. If Christians that bring forth much fruit glorify God, then we may be sure that he will hear their prayers, I shall not insist on any Observation from the Contextural Consideration of the words, but from them as in themselves considered, the Doctrine is.
In the preceding verse, our Lord exhorts His Disciples to abide in him, i. e. to continue constant and stedfast in the way of Faith and ⟨p. 97⟩•bedience. And the Motive whereby he urgeth that Exhortation is, because then God will hear their prayers. If you abide on me, and my words in you, ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. which is to be understood with this Limitation, so farr as they should ask things agreable to the Will of God. The words now before us are a Confirmation of that Assertion. If Christians that bring forth much fruit glorifie God, then we may be sure that he will hear their prayers, I shall not insist on any Observation from the Contextural Consideration of the words, but from them as in themselves considered, the Doctrine is.