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Unum necessarium awakenings for the unregenerate. Or, The nature and necessity of regeneration. Handled…
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]
Boston printed: printed by B.H. i.e for Duncan Campbell, 1693
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Thirdly, We must come unto the Lord Jesus Christ, with a Lively Dependence on him. When we come unto our Lord Jesus Christ, we are to Rely upon him for the Communication of all that Blessedness, whereof ⟨p. 86⟩He has encouraged our expectation. When we have committed all our Soul-concerns into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ▪ we are to make a conclusion like […]. 25.2. O my God, I trust in thee, […] be Ashamed. We must with a […] and Cheerfulness of Soul, […] upon the Lord Jesus Christ, that […] certainly do for us, all the Thing […] in the Word, whereon He has […] to Hope. Having first Confessed, […] Lord can, and then Implored, […] would, be our Sufficient Redeem […] should then Comfort our selves […] that He will be so. We should now with a sweet Acquiescence of Soul, wait upon him, for Grace, for Glory, for every Good Thing. There is a certain Rest of Soul to be Endeavoured, as well as to be Propounded, in our Coming to the Lord Jesus Christ: the last Step of our Coming to Him, is accompanied with a Leaning on Him; and a saying, Why art thou disquieted within me, O my Soul! Hope in the Almighty and the Compassionate Jesus; for He will bring thee unto the Praises of God for ever. Like the ancient Psalmist, having first with bitter strivings pleaded before the Lord Jesus Christ, O Lord, I beseech thee to deliver my Soul! then conclude, Return to thy Rest, O my Soul, for the Lord will deal bountifully with thee.
Thirdly, We must come unto the Lord Jesus Christ, with a Lively Dependence on him. When we come unto our Lord Jesus Christ, we are to Rely upon him for the Communication of all that Blessedness, whereof ⟨p. 86⟩He has encouraged our expectation. When we have commited all our Soul-concerns into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ▪ we are to make a conclusion like 〈…〉. 25.2. O my God, I trust in thee, 〈…〉 be Ashamed. We must with a 〈…〉 and Chearfulness of Soul, 〈…〉 upon the Lord Jesus Christ, that 〈…〉 certainly do for us, all the Thing 〈…〉 in the Word, whereon He has to Hope. Having first Confessed, Lord can, and then Implored, would, be our Sufficient Redee should then Comfort our selves that He will be so. We should now with a sweet Acquiescence of Soul, wait upon him, for Grace, for Glory, for every Good Thing. There is a certain Rest of Soul to be Endeavoured, as well as to be Propounded, in our Coming to the Lord Jesus Christ: the last Step of our Coming to Him, is accompanied with a Leaning on Him; and a saying, Why art thou disquieted within me, O my Soul! Hope in the Almighty and the Compassionate Jesus; for He will bring thee unto the Praises of God for ever. Like the ancient Psalmist, having first with bitter strivings pleaded before the Lord Jesus Christ, O Lord, I beseech thee to deliver my Soul! then conclude, Return to thy Rest, O my Soul, for the Lord will deal bountifully with thee.