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A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the…
A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, June 16. and in Connecticut-Colony [sic], June 22. 1705. : Also, two sermons, showing, that sin is the greatest evil; and, that to redeem time is the greatest wisdom. / By Increase Mather.A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, June 16. and in Conecticot-Colony [sic], June 22. 1705. : Also, two sermons, shewing, that sin is the greatest evil; and, that to redeem time is the greatest wisdom. / By Increase Mather.
Boston: printed by Timothy Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1706
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CONSIDER III.
The Doleful Misery of an Unpardoned Estate. Sinner, God is thy Enemy. Thou art His Enemy, and ha•t by thy Sin made Him to be thine; Le• 26. 21, 24. If you will walk contrary […] me, I will walk contrary unto you. That's Misery enough. As all Happiness is in having God to be a Friend. If God is for us who can be against us? So if a man has God to be his Enemy, if he has no other Enemy he is a miserable man. But if God is his Enemy, Creatures will be so too. No Creature ⟨p. 85⟩will then come, but it will be ready to plead and avenge the Quarrel of its Creator. The Law has Condemned thee to Die, Joh. 3. 18. He that Believeth not is Condemned already. Thou art only under a Reprieve: It may be the Sentence of Death may be Executed upon thee before another Week, before another Day. The Angel of Death stands ready with a Slaughter weapon in his hand: If God shall but say, Strike NOW, thou art a Dead and a Damned Creature the next moment.
The Doleful Misery of an Unpardoned Estate. Sinner, God is thy Enemy. Thou art His Enemy, and ha•t by thy Sin made Him to be thine; Le• 26. 21, 24. If you will walk contrary 〈…〉 me, I will walk contrary unto you. That's Misery enough. As all Happiness is in having God to be a Friend. If God is for us who can be against us? So if a man has God to be his Enemy, if he has no other Enemy he is a miserable man. But if God is his Enemy, Creatures will be so too. No Creature ⟨p. 85⟩