N00526:153
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.
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.
They are, first, a foundation; and, secondly, a Foundation of God; and, Thirdly, a sure Foundation; and, Fourthly, a Foundation that stands; and Fifthly, a Foundation that has a Seal upon it; never shall the Writing of such a Foundation, be scratched out! The principle of Grace, which must be infused into all that have their Names in the Book,, is an immortal Seed; it Remains, it Abides, it is a Well of Water springing up into Everlasting Life. The Covenant of Grace, which all that have their Names in the Book must be brought into, is Everlasting, and Perpetual; the Lord not only says, I will not Break it ▪ but also says, That He will keep us from […] so; He says, I we never Leave ⟨p. 113⟩thee, nor Forsake thee. All that have their Names in the Book, shall be Married unto the Lord Jesus Christ; but our Lord says, I hate putting away! The Power of God, and the Promise of God, is Engaged for, The Perseverance of the Saints; and the Intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ, must be Unsuccessful, and Insufficient, if any of them should not at last come to be, With Him, where He is!
They are, first, a foundation; and, secondly, a Foundation of God; and, Thirdly, a sure Foundation; and, Fourthly, a Foundation that stands; and Fifthly, a Foundation that has a Seal upon it; never shall the Writing of such a Foundation, be scratched out! The principle of Grace, which must be infused into all that have their Names in the Book,, is an immortal Seed; it Remains, it Abides, it is a Well of Water springing up into Everlasting Life. The Covenant of Grace, which all that have their Names in the Book must be brought into, is Everlasting, and Perpetual; the Lord not only says, I will not Break it ▪ but also says, That He will keep us from 〈…〉 so; He says, I we never Leave ⟨p. 113⟩thee, nor Forsake thee. All that have their Names in the Book, shall be Married unto the Lord Jesus Christ; but our Lord says, I hate putting away! The Power of God, and the Promise of God, is Engaged for, The Perseverance of the Saints; and the Intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ, must be Unsuccessful, and Insufficient, if any of them should not at last come to be, With Him, where He is!