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Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory…Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory…
Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory of the Lord, is departing from New-England. Delivered in two sermons, / by Increase Mather ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory of the Lord, is departing from New-England. Delivered in two sermons, / by Increase Mather ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by Timothy Green, 1702
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1. In that he does Exert and Exercise a Dominion over the Souls and Consciences of men. He does set up his Kingdom in the Hearts of men, namely, in respect of that Grace that is wrought there. R•m 14.17. The Kingdom of God is in ⟨p. 103⟩Righteousness, & peace & joy in the Holy Ghost. Christ has a Kingdom of Grace in the Hearts of his Subjects. He Reigns in the Hearts of all true Believers; and the Souls of men are subject to him. 1 Pet. 2.25. He is said to be the Bishop of Souls He is also the King of Souls. He that has Redeemed S•uls, may well Exercise a Dominion over them. The Consciences of men are subject to him He has power to make Laws to bind the Conscience: to make Laws in matters of Religion, & to •pp•int how men shall Worship the Lord; and in what way, and by what Ordinances they shall worship G•d. Therefore Christ has abrogated the Ordinances of the Old-Testament, and has Instituted other ways and means of Worship: has appointed new Ordinances for the Worship of God As now, the Christian Sabbath, is an Institution of the Lord Jesus Christ▪ that the fi•st day of the week should be […] as a Day holy to the Lord. Therefore, Rev. 1.10 It is called the Lords Day: because it is the Day which the Lord Christ hath appointed to be observed in Commemoration of his Resurrection and Redemption. So He has appointed Sacraments; Baptism and the Lords Supper, are Sacraments which Christ as King has commanded to be observed among his people; and no man may dare to appoint any other Sacraments besides those which Christ has Instituted Antichrist does encroach upon the Kingly Office of the Lord ⟨p. 104⟩Jesus Christ, when he does take to himself a power to m•ke Laws in matters of Religion, & then to impose them on the Consciences of men. This is to assume a Glory peculiar to Christ, it is to dethrone Christ, and to invade that which is his prerogative Ral In matters pertaining to Divine Wrship the Word of Christ is to be our only Rule. We must practise all, and no more than what that requires. Mat 28 20 There is but one Head of the Church, and that is Christ Only the Son of Gd is the King of Israel.