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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
GOOD COUNSEL In Answer to the GREAT QUESTION; What shall I do to be… › Conclusion: The CLOSE.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
You heard his Voice when he said unto you, Come, in a way of Duty; you shall Hear His voice, now saying unto you, Come, in a way of Gladness, and Glory. You that have loved his Presence and His Coming, shall now be Rewarded with Coming into his Presence. You have come unto Him to Request a Blessing• even that he would Bless you, by Turning you from your Iniquities; you shall now come unto Him to Receive a Blessing; yea, all Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly Places. By Coming unto Him, it is that you are Espoused and Married unto that Ever-blessed Lord; his Father is now become your Father; and He has a Fathers Blessing for you. Your Tenure of that Blessing shall be Free, Full, Sure, like that of an Inheritance; you shall have a Lot now assigned you by way of Inheritance, in the Celestial Canaan of the Lord. Yes, 'Tis unto a King that you have Come; and unto a Kingdom too; you shall share with him in a Kingdom. You ⟨p. 99⟩shall partake in all the Delights and Splendours of that Government, which our Lord will Exercise over the New World, when He shall Reign before His Ancient People Gloriously. 'Twas Purposed for you, 'twas Promised for you, ye Blessed Believers, before the Foundation of the World; and at the Foundation of the World there was Notice given of it, especially in the Sabbath of the Lord; yea, the very Foundation of the World was Laid with a Regard unto it. This, This is the Felicity, that is preparing for you; and it is your Coming to the Lord Jesus Christ, that prepares you for this Felicity!
You heard his Voice when he said unto you, Come, in a way of Duty; you shall Hear His voice, now saying unto you, Come, in a way of Gladness, and Glory. You that have loved his Presence and His Coming, shall now be Rewarded with Coming into his Presence. You have come unto Him to Request a Blessing• even that he would Bless you, by Turning you from your Iniquities; you shall now come unto Him to Receive a Blessing; yea, all Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly Places. By Coming unto Him, it is that you are Espoused and Married unto that Ever-blessed Lord; his Father is now become your Father; and He has a Fathers Blessing for you. Your Tenure of that Blessing shall be Free, Full, Sure, like that of an Inheritance; you shall have a Lot now assign'd you by way of Inheritance, in the Caelestial Canaan of the Lord. Yes, 'Tis unto a King that you have Come; and unto a Kingdom too; you shall share with him in a Kingdom. You