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The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis…
The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preached in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preach'd in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nicholas Buttolph, 1700
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O our Beloved People; may we say it of you, That you are Striving to get rid of Sin, Striving to have more broken Hearts, and Striving to lead more exact Lives! We wish, we may say it. But then, we must also say, W•, Oh! Woe, unto the man that shall rest in these things. Men may go far, very far, in shows of Piety; but after all, if they go to make a Righteousness out of all, they are still among the Unrighteous, that shall not Inherit the Kingdom of God.
O our Beloved People; may we say it of you, That you are Striving to get rid of Sin, Striving to have more broken Hearts, and Striving to lead more exact Lives! We wish, we may say it. But then, we must also say, W•, Oh! Wo, unto the man that shall rest in these things. Men may go far, very far, in shows of Piety; but after all, if they go to make a Righteousness out of all, they are still among the Ʋnrighteous, that shall not Inherit the Kingdom of God.
Be advised;
First, Your own Righteousness, is far from coming up to the Demands of God in His Holy Law; and God will not Annul, or Alter that Holy Law. It is the voice of Heaven unto us, in Gal. 2.16. By the works of the Law shall no Flesh be Justified: And in Rom. 3.20. By the Deeds of the Law, there shall no Flesh be Justified in the Sight of God. I have known some to Live in gross Immoralities; and yet they would say, Their Peace was made with God. Why so? They owe no man any Malice; they say. Poor Soul; Is this all thy Righteousness? Man, Thou ⟨p. 43⟩