N00341:74
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. Their Obstinacy was yet more aggravated, in that God had told them of their sins, and what would be the Consequent thereof, not only by Jeremiah, but by many other Prophets. ver. 4. the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. The Lord speaketh after the manner of men, and saith his heart was upon it, (as a man whose heart is engaged in business will rise early to see it done; thus God did earnestly endeavour) to reclaim them from their evil wa•es, but they would not hear, tho Prophet after Prophet was sent unto them for a long time together. This argued great hardness of heart, to contemn such persons, as the holy prophets were, and not one of them, but many of them, yea all of them.
2. Their Obstinacy was yet more aggravated, in that God had told them of their sins, and what would be the Consequent thereof, not only by Ieremie, but by many other Prophets. ver. 4. the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not hearkened, nor enclined your ear to hear. The Lord speaketh after the manner of men, and sayth his heart was upon it, (as a man whose heart is engaged in business will rise early to see it done; thus God did earnestly endeavour) to reclaim them from their evil wa•es, but they would not hear, tho Prophet after Prophet was sent unto them for a long time together. This argued great hardness of heart, to contemn such persons, as the holy prophets were, and not one of them, but many of them, yea all of them.
The words which have been read, express the Sum of the Doctrine taught by the Prophets, viz.
The words which have been read, express the Summe of the Doctrine taught by the Prophets, viz.