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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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But this is tho' a seemingly humble, a really proud Excuse. The meaning is that sinners would: have ⟨p. 41⟩•ome works of their own to commend them to the Lords acceptance, something of their own that should deserve that Christ should receive them. Whenas we must come to Christ like poor Beggars that have nothing in the world to recommend us to him, but only Sin and Guilt and Misery, that so Christ may deliver us from it. Nor will he refuse to accept of such if indeed they come unto him. As we read concerning David, 1 Sam. 22. 2. That if any •ere in distress and in debt they came to David, and he became a Captain over them. So sinners that are infinitely in debt and distressed if they come to the Lord Jesus Christ he will be to them the Captain of their Salvation. Therefore he does invite Poor as well as Rich, them▪ that have nothing to offer to him, yet that they should come to him. Isa. 55. 1. Come without Money and without Price. Such ⟨p. 42⟩as are so poor as that they have neither Money nor Monies worth, the Lord says to them Come, come, come. And thus in this Parable, we see that Christ invites the most worthless ones to come to the great Supper, Luk. 14. 21. Go into the Lanes and Streets of the City, and bring in the Poor, the Maimed, and the Halt, and the Blind▪ 23. ver. Go into the High-ways, to the Hedges and compel them to come in. Christs Salvation is altogether free, Rev. 22. 17. Whosoever will let him come and take freely of the Waters of Life. Christ will not Sell his Blood, and he will not Sell his Salvation, but he gives it freely. And as for such as have a real sense of their own Unworthiness, they are not the less welcome to Christ on that account, but rather the more acceptable to him. As we see in the Centurion