Unum necessarium awakenings for the unregenerate. Or, The nature and necessity of regeneration. Handled…

Name: Unum necessarium awakenings for the unregenerate. Or, The nature and necessity of regeneration. Handled…
Author: Cotton Mather

Unum necessarium awakenings for the unregenerate. Or, The nature and necessity of regeneration. Handled in a discourse designed for the service of any that may be thereby assisted in the grand concern of conversion unto God; but especially the rising generation. : With an addition of some other sermons relating to that important subject. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Five lines from Ezekiel]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston printed: printed by B.H. i.e for Duncan Campbell, 1693

[6], 154 [i.e. 162] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 39k words · Evans 654 · Wing M1164

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GOOD COUNSEL In Answer to the GREAT QUESTION; What shall I do to be…: GOOD COUNSEL In Answer to the GREAT QUESTION; What shall I do to be Saved?

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:113p. 83¶3

III. Coming to the Lord Jesus Christ, is a thing that calleth for the Whole Soul, and all proper motions of the Soul, to be engaged in it. As in Praising of God, it is the Rule, in Psal. 103.1. Bless the Lord O my Soul, and all that is within me, Praise his Holy Name; so in coming to Christ, the same Rule is to be observed; It must be done with the whole Soul, and all that is within us. The mind, the will, the Affections, and all the Powers of the Soul, are to be concerned in this Work of God. As now,

:114p. 83–84

First, It is with a certain Persuasion of the Lord Jesus Christ, that we are to come unto him. When we come unto the Lord ⟨p. 84⟩Jesus Christ, we must Firmly Believe all the Discoveries and Revelations, which God has given of him; and we should come to the Attainment of the Apostle, in 2. Tim 1 12. I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him. We are to be well persuaded of the Excellent Qualities i• our Lord Jesus Christ, when we come •nto •im, and we are to be more than Al•ost persuaded, that In Him there does all Fullness dwell. There are especially four persuasions which we are to Entertain, about our Lord Jesus Christ: or else we shall be Lame in our Coming unto Him. One is, That He is Able to Save unto the uttermost, all that Come unto God, by Him. A Second is, That there is none other Name under Heaven, given among men, whereby we must be Saved. A Third is, That whosoever comes unto Him, He will in no wise Cast him out. A Fourth is, That he who Believeth, shall be Saved. All of these, must be Looked upon as most Faithful Sayings; and we must be ready to venture all the Interests of our Immortal Souls upon them.

First, It is with a certain Perswasion of the Lord Jesus Christ, that we are to come unto him. When we come unto the Lord

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