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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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John 6.37. —And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.
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Consid. 1. That this is a matter of Infinite Concernment. What are all thy worldly concernments which thy heart […] taken up with, to this which I am now speaking of? For what is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Mat. 16.26. Thou wilt lose thy soul for ever if thou dost not come to Christ. All other things which thou canst do are nothing without THIS, What is thy Praying, Hearing, Sabbath-keeping, without this? ⟨p. 20⟩They are indeed good things and necessary to be attended, but without Christ they will never save thee. So that in truth all the everlasting concernments of thy immortal soul depend upon this one thing, of thy coming or not coming to JESUS CHRIST. Remember that Scripture, Luk. 10.42. There is one thing needful. Care about an Interest in Christ is the one thing needful: he that makes sure of that one thing will be a happy man for ever; but he that shall continue to neglect that one thing (be he high or low, rich or poor) he will be a damned creature to all Eternity. So that there is nothing of greater nor of so great concernment as this one Thing.
Consid. 1. That this is a matter of Infinite Concernment. What are all thy worldly concernments which thy heart 〈…〉 taken up with, to this which I am now speaking of? For what is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Mat. 16.26. Thou wilt lose thy soul for ever if thou dost not come to Christ. All other things which thou canst do are nothing without THIS, What is thy Praying, Hearing, Sabbath-keeping, without this? ⟨p. 20⟩They are indeed good things and necessary to be attended, but without Christ they will never save thee. So that intruth all the everlasting concernments of thy immortal soul depend upon this one thing, of thy coming or not coming to IESVS CHRIST. Remember that Scripture, Luk. 10.42. There is one thing needful. Care about an Interest in Christ is the one thing needful: he that makes sure of that one thing will be a happy man for ever; but he that shall continue to neglect that one thing (be he high or low, rich or poor) he will be a damned creature to all Eternity. So that there is nothing of greater nor of so great concernment as this one Thing.