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The excellency of a public spirit discoursedThe excellency of a publick spirit discoursed
The excellency of a public spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]The excellency of a publick spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Masachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Nicholas Boone, 1702
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Eternal Fire did take hold on their Souls; and therefore the Apostle Jude says of them, that they are suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. In ⟨p. 51⟩this respect God always puts a difference between every righteous man, and every wicked man There is no righteous man that shall be punished […] everlasting destruction. Nay, God s••ds temporal judgments on them to prevent that; they are chastened of the Lord, that they may not be condemned with the wicked world; whereas •ere is no wicked man that shall escape everlasting destruction. Isa 3 10, 11. Say ye to the Righteous it shall he well with him, woe unto the wicked it shall be ill with him. So must the Ministers of God say, it shall go well for ever with the Righteous, but woe will be for ever to the wicked. These things then being premised for clearing the truth, we proceed to mention the Evidences of it: How does it appear that wicked men while in this world fare the better for the sake of Righteous men? For Answer,
E•ernal Fire did take hold on their Souls; and the••fore the Apostle Iude says of them, that they are suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. In ⟨p. 51⟩this respect God always puts a difference between every righteous man, and every wicked man There is no righteous man that shall be punished 〈…〉 everlasting destruction. Nay, God s••ds tem•oral judgments on them to prev•nt that; they are chastened of the Lord, that they may not be condemned with the wicked world; whereas •ere is no wicked man that shall escape everlasting destruction. Isa 3 10, 11. Say ye to the Righteous it shall he well with him, wo unto the wicked it shall be ill with him. So must the Ministers of God say, it shall go well for ever with the Righteous, but wo will be for ever to the wicked. These things then being premised for clearing the truth, we proceed to mention the Evidences of it: How does it appear that wicked men while in this world fare the better for the sake of Righteous men? For Answer,