N00341:98
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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Consider, 6. […] been eternally ruined […]. We read of Felix what Convicti•n• and what an awakened Conscience he had under […] Preaching: He had sad thoughts with himself that except he did repent, and turn from his Intemperance and his unrighteous way, it would go ill with him at the day of […]; But Delays proved the Ruin of his […] He said go thy way for this time, and […] have a convenient season I will send for thee. Act. 24.25. And thus it is with most of them that perish under the Gospel. There are few men that live under the powerful dispensation of the Gospel, ⟨p. 58⟩but they have Convictions: They know they must repent of sin, but they purpose to do it hereafter; and so by deferring the matter, their souls are eternally ruined ere they are aware. Hell is full of delaying Sinners. The Devil has not a greater stratagem to ruin souls by than this. He that will never repent while to morrow, will never repent at all. Therefore the Devil's great Design is, to persuade the Sinner still to defer his Repentance until tomorrow, that so it may never be.
Consider, 6. 〈…〉 been eternally ruined 〈…〉. We read of Felix what Convicti•n• and what an awakned Conscience he had under 〈…〉 Preaching: He had sad thoughts with himse•f that except he did repent, and turn from his Intemperance and his unrighteous way, it would go ill with him at the day of 〈…〉; But Delayes proved the Ruin of his 〈…〉 He said go thy way for this time, and 〈…〉 have a convenient s•ason I will send for thee. Act. 24.25. And thus it is with most of them that perish under the Gospel. There are few men that live under the powerful dispensation of the Gospel,