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The mystery of Christ opened and applied. In several sermons, concerning the person, office,…The mystery of Christ opened and applyed. In several sermons, concerning the person, office,…
The mystery of Christ opened and applied. In several sermons, concerning the person, office, and glory of Jesus Christ. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Twelve lines of quotations]The mystery of Christ opened and applyed. In several sermons, concerning the person, office, and glory of Jesus Christ. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Twelve lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by Richard Pierce for Joseph Browning, 1686
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Consid. 2. Every Christless Sinner is under a Sentence of Death and wrath. He is a poor condemned creature. Joh. 3. 18. He that believeth not, is condemned already. So that if death come upon him whilst in his Christless estate, he is as sure to be damned as if he were already in Hell. O Christless Sinner, look about thee ⟨p. 145⟩and see where thou art! Thy soul is hanging over the mouth of hell by the rotten thread of a frail life: if that break, the de•ouring Gulf will swallow thee up for ever. The Sentence is already passed upon thee by that God who is the Judge of all; and that which thou art senten•'d unto, is, to lye and dye under infinite wrath throughout the •ayes of Eternity. Joh. 3. 36. He that believ•• not, the wrath of God abideth on him. And •an•t thou bear that wrath? Who can stand before his indignation? They that have felt only a few scalding drops of that wrath falling upon their souls have thought it intolerable. A wounded spirit who can bear? If drops be so terrible, what will it be when a Sea of wrath shall overwhelm the soul! If a few sparks of this wrath are so fearful, can thine heart endure when thou shalt be thrown in the Ocean of Fire never to be quenched? Yet this is that which every Christless Sinner is doomed unto.
Consid. 2. Every Christless Sinner is under a Sentence of Death and wrath. Hee is a poor condemned creature. Joh. 3. 18. He that beleeveth not, is condemned already. So that if death come upon him while•t in his Christless estate, he is as sure to be damn'd as if he were already in Hell. O Christless Sinner, look about thee ⟨p. 145⟩and see where thou art! Thy soul is hanging over the mouth of hell by the rotten thread of a frail life: if that break, the deouring Gulf will swallow thee up for ever. The Sentence is already pass'd upon thee by that God who is the Judge of all; and that which thou art senten'd unto, is, to lye and dye under infinite wrath throughout the ayes of Eternity.