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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
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2. Another thing asserted in this Psalm, is, That tho' wicked men who are strangers to God may be in present prosperity, yet it will not be long before they utterly perish, ver. 27. For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish, thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. And therefore he concludes that it is good to draw near to God. If they perish that are far off, the Best and safest course is to get and keep near. Inasmuch as it cannot be ill with those that are with Him, nor well with those that are without Him, its a Rational and a necessary conclusion that it is good to draw near. And whereas the Psalmist says, It is good for me, Two Things are implied,
2. Another thing asserted in this Psalm, is, That tho' wicked men who are strangers to God may be in present prosperity, yet it will not be long before they utterly perish, ver. 27. For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish, thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. And therefore he concludes that it is good to draw near to God. If they perish that are far off, the Best and safest course is to get and keep near. Inasmuch as it cannot be ill with those that are with Him, nor well with those that are without Him, its a Rational and a necessary conclusion that it is good to draw near. And whereas the Psalmist sayes, It is good for me, Two Things are implyed,
1 That for his own part he was resolved to practise according to what he here makes Profession of. 2. That tho the generality of men did not draw near to God, yet it would be good for them so to do. He does not intend that it would be good for himself only, but it is equally true of all other men, and so they should find it, would they be persuaded to make the Experiment.
1 That for his own part he was resolv'd to practise according to what he here makes Profession of. 2. That tho the generality of men did not draw near to God, yet it would be good for them so to doe. He does not intend that it would be good for himself only, but it is equally true of all other men, and so they should find it, would they be perswaded to make the Experiment.