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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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Secondly, There are Internal Endeavours used also by the Spirit of God for the Conversion of Men. And these are of two sorts.
First, the Holy Spirit attempts the Conversion of men by Informing of them. He Enlightens them, and by their Illumination, they are made Partakers of the Holy Ghost. We are told, 1 Cor. 12.3. No man can say, that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit persuades many a man, That the Lord Jesus is the Wonderful Mediator, without whom, There is no Name given, whereby we may be Saved; The Holy Spirit Enables many a man to Understand and Entertain the Fundamental Articles of Religion, and thereby He makes their Conversion appear to be, as it is indeed, an Important Thing before them. 'Tis said of the Holy Spirit, Joh. 16.18. He shall convince the World. He convinces them, that they have grievously sinned, and plunged themselves into innumerable Wants and Woes, by doing so; He convinces them, that a precious Christ, embraced by a penitent Faith, is the One Thing Needful; How often does He Convince men, That there is a God, in whose Favour is Life,; that there is a Jesus, who delivers from the Wrath to come; that they must Rely upon the Lord Christ for Wisdom and Righteousness, and ⟨p. 146⟩Sanctification and Redemption, if they would be made partakers of true Blessedness? And this is that he may Convert the World.
First, the Holy Spirit attempts the Conversion of men by Informing of them. He Enlightens them, and by their Illumination, they are made Partakers of the Holy Ghost. We are told, 1 Cor. 12.3. No man can say, that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit perswades many a man, That the Lord Jesus is the Wonderful Med•ator, without whom, There is no Name given, whereby we may be Saved; The Holy Spirit Enables many a man to Understand and Entertain the Fundamental Articles of Religion, and thereby He makes their Conversion appear to be, as it is indeed, an Important Thing before them. 'Tis said of the Holy Spirit,