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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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5. The soul that draweth near to God, is bettered thereby. Many times consolation follows thereon, but if not, that which is better than Comfort h. e. More Holiness is the fruit of sincere approaches unto God. Never any man did draw nigh to God after a right manner but he was the more holy for it. The more Communion men have with GOD, the less Communion they will have with Sin. Every Act of real Communion with God tends to mortification of sin. This is one reason why the Saints in glory become impeccable. The Beatifical Vision makes them that they cannot sin. The more intimacy of Communion with God any soul shall attain unto, the more like will he be to God. Amongst men, he that shall converse much with another, will be apt to be like to him, and to drink in something of his spirit with whom he holds a free and familiar Conversation; So they that converse much with God, will surely become more like to him than what can be said of any other men. When Moses had near and intimate Communion with God in the mount, Divine Impressions were left upon his face: So are there upon the face of that ⟨p. 141⟩soul which shall be much in Communion with God. 2. Cor. 3.18. Beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, we are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
5. The soul that draweth near to God, is betterd thereby. Many times consolation followes thereon, but if not, that which is better than Comfort h. e. More Holiness is the fruit of sincere approaches unto God. Never any man did draw nigh to God after a right manner but he was the more holy for it. The more Communion men have with GOD, the less Communion they will have with Sin. Every Act of real Communion with God tends to mortification of sin. This is one reason why the Saints in glory become impeccable. The Beatifical Vision makes them that they cannot sin. The more intimacy of Communion with God any soul shall attain unto, the more like will he be to God. Amongst men, he that shall converse much with another, will be apt to be like to him, and to drink in something of his spirit with whom he holds a free and familiar Conversation; So they that converse much with God, will surely become more like to him than what can be said of any other men. When Moses had near and intimate Communion with God in the mount, Divine Impressions were left upon his face: So are there upon the face of that