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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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1. To be separated from God, is the greatest Evil. Therefore to draw near to Him, must needs be good. Its a dismal thing to be banished out of the Lord's presence. Hos. 9.12. Woe unto them when I depart from them! A greater woe than that there never was, nor can there be. When the Sun withdraweth nothing but darkness follows. A great Part of the Punishment of the of the Apostate Angels, is in their being Eternally separated from the face and favour of that God which made them. Guilty, trembling Cain thought his punishment intolerable in this respect. Gen. 4.13. Cain said unto the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear. Why, how so? ver. 14. From Thy face I shall be hid. Verily, The damned in hell have not a greater punishment than that inflicted on them. Mat. 25.41. Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire. The first and sadest word in that dreadful Sentence is, DEPART from ME. There is more of Terror in that, than in all the Fire and Brimstone of hell. In God's Favour is Life, and His loving kindness is better than life: Therefore to be cast out of his Favour is worse than any Death. And if so, To have Communion with Him is the greatest happiness. For,
1. To be separated from God, is the greatest Evil. Therefore to draw near to Him, must needs be good. Its a dismal thing to be banished out of the Lord's presence. Hos. 9.12. Wo unto them when I depart from them! A greater wo than that there never was, nor can there be. When the Sun withdraweth nothing but darkness follows. A great Part of the Punishment of the of the Apostate Angels, is in their being Eternally separated from the face and favour of that God which made them. Guilty, trembling Cain thought his punishment intolerable in this respect. Gen. 4.13. Cain said unto the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear. Why, how so? ver. 14. From Thy face I shall be hid. Verily, The damned in hell have not a greater punishment than that inflicted on them. Mat. 25.41. Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire. The first and sadest word in that dreadful Sentence is, DEPART from ME. There is more of Terrour in that, than in all the Fire and Brimstone of hell. In God's Favour is Life, and His loving kindness is better than life: Therefore to be cast out of his Favour is worse than any Death. And if so, To have Communion with Him is the greatest happiness. For,