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Soul-saving Gospel truths. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showedSoul-saving Gospel truths. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed
Soul-saving Gospel truths. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showed: I. The unreasonableness of those excuses which men make for their delaying to come to the Lord Jesus for salvation. II. That for men to despair of the forgiveness of their sins because they have been great, is a great evil. III. That every man in the world is going into eternity. / By Increase Mather. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]Soul-saving Gospel truths. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed: I. The unreasonableness of those excuses which men make for their delaying to come to the Lord Jesus for salvation. II. That for men to despair of the forgiveness of their sins because they have been great, is a great evil. III. That every man in the world is going into eternity. / By Increase Mather. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
Boston : Sold by Eleazer Phillips., 1703
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Every Man in the WORLD, Is going into ETERNITY › Application 2: USE II. For EXHORTATION.
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Consider 2. That we shall all of us be very shortly in Eternity. It is not only true, that we are all going into Eternity, but that we shall be quickly there: For the great Day of Judgment will be here ere long. But suppose that to be far off, which it is not; yet we shall be in Eternity ere long. Death opens the door into Eternity. Heb. 9. 27. It is appointed for men once to Dye, & after that the Judgment. As soon as the ⟨p. 158⟩Body is dead then will be the Judgment, as to the Soul of a man. There is no man that goes out of this world, but as soon as ever his immortal soul is out of his body, he knows certainly where he must be throughout Everlasting Ages, whether he shall be in Heaven or in Hell to all Eternity. Now this will be ere long. Life here is but for a moment. Jam. 4. 14. What is your Life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time & vanishes. Life-time is but for a little while, and then comes Eternity: So that every man will quickly be in Eternity. Old men will quickly be in Eternity: And so will Young men too. They know not but that they may dye suddenly. How many instances have we seen that either by Drowning or by Sickness, or by other Providences, Young men as well as others have been carried into Eternity. There are few here this ⟨p. 159⟩Day but have known many instances of it. Well then, will you not prepare for a blessed Eternity? Vain Ungodly Creatures are apt to say, a Short life & a […] one: Truly for the most part, they that live a merry life, live but a short one. They spend their days in Mirth, & in a moment they go down to the Grave. The Fool in the Gospel said, Eat, Drink & be Merry, thou hast Goods for many Years: but it was said unto him, This Night thy Soul shall be required of thee. So tis with many that lot upon a long Life, they are upon […] very brink of Eternity. Every day men draw nearer to Eternity than they were the day before. Every one in this Assembly is one week nearer unto Eternity than they was the last Lords Day. Then are we not concerned to prepare, and to make sure of a blessed Eternity?
Consider 2. That we shall all of us be very shortly in Eternity. It is not only true, that we are all going into Eternity, but that we shall be quickly there: For the great Day of Judgment will be here e're long. But suppose that to be far off, which it is not; yet we shall be in Eternity e're long. Death opens the door into Eternity.