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The folly of sinning, opened & applied, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation…The folly of sinning, opened & applyed, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation…
The folly of sinning, opened & applied, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation of one that was executed at Boston in New-England, on November 17th. 1698. / By Increase Mather, president of Harvard College, in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel at Boston in N.E. ; [Two lines from Romans]The folly of sinning, opened & applyed, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation of one that was executed at Boston in New-England, on November 17th. 1698. / By Increase Mather, praesident of Harvard Colledge, in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel at Boston in N.E. ; [Two lines from Romans]
Boston: printed by B Green for Michael Perry over against the Town House, 1699
THE FOLLY OF Sinning. › Sermon 1 › Proposition 1: PROPOSITION I.
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.
5. One Sin unrepented of will be the ruin of a precious and Immortal Soul. The Soul of a man is a most precious thing. How often have you been put in mind of […] ⟨p. 31⟩Scripture, which a Religious man once advised a King to think of every day, that Scripture: Mat. 16.26. What is a man profited if […] shall gain the whole world, and loose his own Soul? Or, what shall a man give in exchange for his Soul? Although' Sinners like fools as they are, know not the worth of their own Souls, their Adversary the Devil knows it, and therefore will promise them any thing if they will but let him have their Souls: He'll never stick at the price; he'll promise them the Enjoyment of that which their hearts are most set upon. He'll promise them they shall have the things of the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; but if these things are bought with the price of an Immortal Soul they are dearly bought indeed. That Soul which is more worth than a world, sin hurts it. Heb. 2.10. thou hast sinned against thy Soul. Sin wrongs the Soul. Prov. 8.36. He that sinneth against me, wrongs his own Soul. Sin brings woes upon the Soul. Isa. 3.9. They declare their Sin as Sodom, they hide it not, woe unto their soul. They in Sodom were not afraid nor ashamed to sin in the open street. So there […] some among us that will Curse and ⟨p. 32⟩Swear as they go along the street. They declare their Sin as Sodom,, woe unto their soul. There are some that are seen drunk and staggering as they go along in the street; They declare their sin as Sodom, woe unto their soul. There are some that when others are by, so impudent are they as that they will be wanton and lascivious in their carriage, and utter obscene filthy words, proceeding from a more filthy heart: They declare their Sin as Sodom, woe unto their soul. Yea, Sin brings Everlasting Woe, it brings destruction and ruin on the Souls of men: Sins against the Body are also against the Soul: Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the Soul; yea, which destroy the soul.