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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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Dedication: The Dedication. TO The Reverend Ministers Of the Gospel in London, Sometimes Honoured w…
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Reverend Sirs▪ let it not be a Wonder to you, that your Divisions are so to us, when we can discover so little, that is left for you to Divide upon. 'Tis a frequent Occurrence in the World, Maxima Odia ex levissimis Causis; but when such a Thing Occurs in the Church, it must certainly be reckoned among the Devices of Satan, and, why may it not be ascribed unto his Energies? However, We do not see the least Cause, for You, O ye Men of God, to be suspicious of Each other, as having a Design to betray the Protestant Religion, and maintain your Suspicions, with a strong Indisposition to be Cured of those Evil Surmises: For You, to disparage the Persons and Labours and discourage the Ministry of Each other, and seem to delight in occasions for Disparagement: For You, to write against each other, with poignant Invectives; or, do any thing but that whereby Men may know, that ye are the Disciples of the Patient JESUS; any thing that can't stand before the Thirteenth Chapter, in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
Reverend Syrs▪ let it not be a Wonder to you, that your Divisions are so to us, when we can discover so little, that is left for you to Divide upon. 'Tis a frequent Occurrence in the World, Maxima Odia ex levissimis Causis; but when such a Thing Occurs in the Church, it must certainly be reckoned among the Devices of Satan, and, why may it not be ascribed unto his Energies? However, We do not see the least Cause, for You, O ye Men of God, to be suspicious of Each other, as having a Design to betray the Protestant Religion, and maintain your Suspicions, with a strong Indisposition to be Cured of those Evil Surmises: For You, to disparage the Persons and Labours and discourage the Ministry of Each other, and seem to delight in occasions for Disparagement: For You, to write against each other, with poinant Invectives; or, do any thing but that whereby Men may know, that ye are the Disciples of the Patient JESUS; any thing that can't stand before the Thirteenth Chapter, in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
We do acknowledge, that in Explaining the Illustrious Article of, JUSTIFICATION, there may be Varieties of Expression among you. But are they such, we beseech you, as will Justify