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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.
Furthermore, 'tis not enough to say, I have had many good affections moving in me; I have had my heart mightily […] in the Ordinances of God; and many a […] have I […] fall upon the matters of Eternity Many an Ahab has been Terrified by the Judgments, or Threatening, of God. Many an H•r•l, […] himself gladded under an Evangelical Ministry. Many a Balaam has had slothful desires, after the Felicity of the Righteous. But what of all that?
Furthermore, 'tis not enough to say, I have had many good affections moving in me; I have had my heart mightily 〈…〉 in the Ordinances of God; and many a 〈…〉 have I 〈…〉 fall upon the matters of Eternity Many an Ahab has been Terrified by the Judgments, or Threatning, of God. Many an H•r•l, 〈…〉 himself gladded under an Evangelical Ministry. Many a Balaam has had slothful desires, after the Felicity of the Righteous. But what of all that?
Once more, 'Tis not enough to say, Good men Judge nothing but good of me, I have a room in the heart of such as are eminent for Godliness; yea, I am of their party, and have suffered with them. There was a time when David thought as well of Ahithophel. And among all the Disciples, who suspected Judas? A Simon Magus may for a while be regarded by the most Eminent Apostles of Our Lord. An Ananias, and a Sapphira, may get into the Church. And impious Alexanders, have been famous Confessors, for the Cause of God.
Once more, 'Tis not enough to say, Good men Judge nothing but good of me, I have a room in the heart of such as are eminent for Godliness; yea, I am of their party, and have suffered with them. There was a time when David thought as well of Achitophel. And among all the Disciples, who suspected Judas? A Simon Magus may for a while be regarded by the most Eminent Apostles of Our Lord. An Ananias, and a Sapphira, may get into the Church. And impious Alexanders, have been famous Confessors, for the Cause of God.