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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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3. To draw near to god, is the way to be delivered from evil. The NAME of the LORD is a strong Tower which the Righteous run into and are safe. In evil Times God is good to Israel. Let what will happen in the world, they that draw near to him are safe. The Wise man saith, surely I know that it shall go well with them that fear God. Eccles. 8.12. Such as are very careful to walk with God, do sometimes experience wonderful Temporal Preservations: As we see in Noah, unto whom God said, Come thou and all thine house into the Ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And in the Prophet Jeremiah, whose very life was struck at & sought after, and that by the great Ones of the world, but God hid him: he appeared for God, and God appeared for him. So He does often for his servants that keep in with Him. He is to them a very present Help in the time of Trouble. He shall hide them in the secret of his Presence from the pride of men, and keep them secretly in a Pavilion from the strife of tongues. However they shall have Spispiritual ⟨p. 138⟩Preservations: The Lord will deliver them from every evil work, and will preserve them to his heavenly Kingdom. And if a Christian be grieved with inward, perplexing Thoughts, by drawing near to God, he may obtain help against them. This was the case of the Psalmist ▪ as the Context showeth: he was almost gone: his unbelieving thoughts had like to have been too hard for him: but he went into the Sanctuary, and there by drawing nigh to God in prayer, and hearing of His Word, he got the victory over his Temptations, and a further Establishment in the ways of God. All his Temptations issued in this, that he was made more sensible of his own infirmity, and had a more clear Discovery of Divine grace. This did he get by drawing near to GOD.
3. To draw near to god, is the way to be delivered from evil. The NAME of the LORD is a strong Tower which the Righteous run into and are safe. In evil Times God is good to Israel. Let what will happen in the world, they that draw near to him are safe. The Wiseman saith, surely I know that it shall go well with them that fear God. Eccles. 8.12. Such as are very careful to walk with God, do sometimes experience wonderful Temporal Preservations: As we see in Noah, unto whom God said, Come thou and all thine house into the Ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And in the Prophet Ieremie, whose very life was struck at & sought after, and that by the great Ones of the world, but God hid him: he appeared for God, and God appeared for him. So He does often for his servants that keep in with Him. He is to them a very present Help in the time of Trouble. He shall hide them in the secret of his Presence from the pride of men, and keep them secretly in a Pavillion from the strife of tongues. However they shall have Spispiritual