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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.
AWAKENINGS FOR THE UNREGENERATE. › Proposition 1: The First PROPOSITION.
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.
Particularly; A Regenerate Man has New ABILITIES conferred on him. While he was Ungodly, he was, Without Strength ▪ but now he may joyfully say, Lord, th•u hast strengthened me with strength in my so•l […] thing that may be spoken by a Regene•••e man is that in Joh. 9.23. Whereas I w•s Blind, now I SEE. There is an Illumination in Regeneration. The man comes to see an Infinite Glory in GOD; though once he had •ai•, Wh• •s the Lord, that I should Serve Him? He […] to see a singular Beauty in CHRI••; though once he had said, There is no […] in Him, for which I should Desire Him. He comes to see a wonderful Evil in SIN; though once he had said, Sto••n Waters are sweet. He now sees an Ungainsayable Equity in RELIGION; tho' formerly he had said, I desire not the knowledge of the Ways of the Almighty! He sees now an unspeakable Honour in HELL, tho' heretofore he counted the Darts of God but Stubble. He see• now an ineffable pleasure ⟨p. 17⟩in HEAVEN, tho' heretofore he Despised that good land of promise. And he now sees Dreadful miseries upon HIMSELF; tho' heretofore he still said, I have need of Nothing! Another thing that may be spoken by a regenerate man is that in Phil. 4.13. I Can DO all things through Christ who strengthens me. Tis by Regeneration that a man who looked upon Exercises of Piety and Charity, as Intolerable, Insuperable, Impracticable, now comes to say, Lord, thy Commandments are not grievous! Although' he be more sensible of his own weakness than ever he was; yet he more finds, The Grace of God sufficient for him. There are those which Once he Counted, Hard Sayings, in the Laws of God; but now with Gods help he can Do the things required in Gods word. Has God commanded him, To Do JUSTICE and Love MERCY, and Walk HUMBLY? He Does it. Has God commanded him, to Live Soberly, and Righteously, and Godlily? he Does it. Yea, Has God bidden him, to pluck out a Right Eye, and cut off a Right Hand? He Does it, by the Assistance of him that has Bidden it; He that was once a cripple, now not only WALKS in the way that is called Holy, but even RUNS with patience the Race that is set before him,