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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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III. They that Deny themselves out of respect to the Glory of God and the Good of Men, are such as Redeem the Time. The Original runs thus, Buying out the Opportunity. When a man b•yeth a Commodity, he parts with something for it. Thus he that is willing to forego his Carnal Interest out of respect to Gods Interest, and His Peoples good, buys an Opportunity. Such an one was Abraham; who out of respect to Religion, and lest the Name of God should suffer, refused great Riches when offered to him by the King of Sodom, Gen. 14. 23. And thus did Nehemiah part with that Salary which of right belonged to him, because of the Fear of God, Neh. 5. 15. And thus did the Apostle Paul, who could say, I sought not my own profit, but the profit of many that they might be Saved, 1 Cor. 10. 33. The words before us are a Metaphor alluding to Merchants, who will deny themselves of Pleasure out of respect to Gain. Such ⟨p. 96⟩Christians as deny themselves as to their own Ease and outward Advantage, that so they may be the more serviceable to God and to His People, are they that Redeem the Time.
III. They that Deny themselves out of respect to the Glory of God and the Good of Men, are such as Redeem the Time. The Original runs thus, Buying out the Opportunity. When a man b•yeth a Commodity, he parts with something for it. Thus he that is willing to forego his Carnal Interest out of respect to Gods Interest, and His Peoples good, buyes an Opportunity. Such an one was Abraham; who out of respect to Religion, and lest the Name of God should suffer, refused great Riches when offered to him by the King of Sodom, Gen. 14. 23. And thus did Nehemiah part with that Salary which of right belonged to him, because of the Fear of God, Neh. 5. 15. And thus did the Apostle Paul, who could say, I sought not my own profit, but the profit of many that they might be Saved,