A sermon occasioned by the execution of a man found guilty of murder preached…

Name: A sermon occasioned by the execution of a man found guilty of murder preached…
Author: Increase Mather

A sermon occasioned by the execution of a man found guilty of murder preached at Boston in N.E. March 11th 1685[/]6. : (Together with the confession, last expressions & solemn warning of that murderer to all persons; especially to young men, to beware of those sins which brought him to his miserable end.) / By Increase Mather, teacher of church of Christ.

Increase Mather 1639–1723Boston: printed by R.P. i.e, 1687

[4], 124 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 33k words · Evans 432 · Wing M1248

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The CALL of the GOSPEL, unto All the Ends of the Earth; Apply'd esp…: The CALL of the GOSPEL, unto All the Ends of the Earth; Apply'd especially unto a poor…

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There is indeed a 3 •old Look, which the believing Soul in its Agonies does give towards the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a Look of Desire; a Look with a Wish, yea, with a Groan: a Look with a, Lord help me! Such a Look as the hoarse Leper gave in Marc. 1. 40. when he came to Jesus Christ, beseeching Him, & kneeling down unto Him. There is also a Look of Dependence▪ a Trusting a Rolling a Relying Look; a Look accompanied with the Language of the Psalmist in Psal. 25. 2. O my God, I trust in thee. And there is a Look of Acknowledgement, producing both of these. Many things doth the Believer discern & confess to be in that Jesus, whose Name is, Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. But these 2 things especially: One thing of which he is sensible is, that Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour, owning that in Heb. 7. 25. He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by Him. Another thing whereof he is not unsensible is, that Jesus Christ is a Merciful Saviour, owning that in Joh. 6. 37. Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. After this manner does the Believer look to the Saviour upon the everlasting ⟨p. 45⟩[…] from whence […] all his help. […] for What […] Did of Faith▪ that is SALVATION. This the Apostle grants in […] where he speaks to Christians about the end of their Faith▪ the Salvation o• […] That which the Believer doth purpose to himself by his Addresses to […] that he may be •esctied from all the Calamities which his Fall from God hath br••ght upon him, and that he may be […] partaker of Benefits contrary thereunto▪ by the means of an All▪sufficient, & a Companate Jesus the Mediator. There are indeed especially three things which the Believer does look unto the Lord Jesus for. His first Look is with that glance in

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