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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 2: The Second 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.
Would you this day give up yourselves to God in Christ sincerely and entirely, the Tidings ⟨p. 57⟩would immediately be carried into Heaven it self, and the very Angels of the Highest, would in the Highest, Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and full of Glory! As at the First Creation of the World, so at a New Creation in thy Soul, The Morning-stars would sing together, and the Sons of God shout for joy: O Deny not such a Satisfaction to those Charitable Spirits, by thy Holding fast of thy Unregeneracy, and thy Refusing to Return! As poor and mean a Wretch as thou art, yet upon thy Regeneration, there would be unspeakable Triumphs among the Angels of God; the Gladsome Rumour would be spread through' the Ethereal Regions, Behold, there is another Sinner Converted from the Error of his way; and there is another Soul to be Saved from Death! Behold, there is come in another Heir of Salvation, for us, to Minister unto! Behold, there is another Branch of Humane Race, come in, to fill up the vacant Room, that the Apostate Legions have left among us! O Let us now praise God for such as are coming to praise God with us for ever. And if any of your Dead Relations may be now Lodged among those Glorious Angels, I know not why They also may not be admitted unto a Participation in that Celestial Gladness: tho' our Prayers to Them would be a Detestable Idolatry, yet their Praises for us may be without any Harm imagined? Why may not▪ They Rejoice and say, Blessed be God, that the Prayers ⟨p. 58⟩which we made for the Conversion of our Friends below, are now Answered; Blessed be God, that they are like to come hither after us! But it is very certain, That there is a most Ineffable Joy in the Heart of the Infinite God Himself, whenever you become Regenerate, and begin to Choose the Things that please Him. You will be the Joy of the whole Trinity; God the Holy Ghost will Rejoice and say, Behold, another Temple for me to have the possession of! God the Son, will Rejoice and say, Behold, another Member, helping towards the Fullness of my Mystical Body! And the Eternal Father will now Rejoice over the Returning Prodigal, as in Luc. 15.32. See, One that was Dead, and is alive again; One that was Lost, and is found!
Would you this day give up yourselves to God in Christ sincerely and entirely, the Tidings