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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.
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Therefore the Scripture says, Repent and Turn your selves from all your Transgressions, so Iniquity shall not d• your ruin. Ezek. 18.30. But if there be one sin persisted in without Repentance, that one will be the ruin of that miserable […] ⟨p. 33⟩Soul. That one sin of Drunkenness, That one sin of Uncleanness, That one sin of an Unbridled Tongue, That one sin of Lying, That one sin of scandalous Covetousness, That one sin of unmortified Pride if not turned from, will be the Eternal Ruin of the Soul.
Therefore the Scripture says, Repent and Turn your selves from all your Transgressions, so Iniquity shall not d• your ruin. Ezek. 18.30. But if there be one sin persisted in without Repentance, that one will be the ruin of that miserable 〈…〉 ⟨p. 33⟩Soul. That one sin of Drunkenness, That one sin of Uncleanness, That one sin of an Unbridled Tongue, That one sin of Lying, That one sin of scandalous Coveteousness, That one sin of unmortified Pride if not turned from, will be the Eternal Ruin of the Soul.
All these things Considered, surely sin is an Evil not to be mocked at, not to be made light of. Before I proceed to the remaining Propositions for opening the Doctrine before us, we shall conclude at present with a word of Application. It is this, Oh Repent of Sin. This is that which all men are concerned to hear. Do you think that in such an Assembly as is here this day, I will say nothing but what concerns a poor Condemned prisoner? Nay, but let me speak that which concerns us all. The Exhortation unto Repentance doth so.