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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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How great then is their happiness, who, although' they have been guilty of many and great sins, are delivered from the curse due on that account; and to be delivered from the dominion of sin, is no less an happiness, then to be delivered from the damnation of it: For there cannot be a greater misery, than for a man to be a Slave to sin. There was nothing more to be trembled at, in the curse of the Law, than this, that the Sinner should be under the dominion of his sins: Therefore no greater happiness than to be delivered from that misery. Rom. 6. 14. Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you ⟨p. 76⟩are not under the law but under Grace. Men that have been Slaves in the hands of Turks or of Indians who have dealt cruelly with them, if they are set at liberty, do they not count that deliverance an happiness? But what then is it to have their Souls set at liberty from the cruel and cursed bondage of Sin?
How great then is their happiness, who, altho' they have been guilty of many and great sins, are delivered from the curse due on that account; and to be delivered from the dominion of sin, is no less an happiness, then to be delivered from the damnation of it: For there cannot be a greater misery, than for a man to be a Slave to sin. There was nothing more to be trembled at, in the curse of the Law, than this, that the Sinner should be under the dominion of his sins: Therefore no greater happiness than to be delivered from that misery. Rom. 6. 14. Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you ⟨p. 76⟩are not under the law but under Grace. Men that have been Slaves in the hands of Turks or of Indians who have dealt cruelly with them, if they are set at liberty, do they not count that deliverance an happiness? But what then is it to have their Souls set at liberty from the cruel and cursed bondage of Sin?