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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 I.
There is no Sinner among us but there is a possibility of his obtaining a Pardon for all his sins. Because of the Infinite Mercy of God this may be: He will abundantly Pardon. Isa. 55. 7. Thy sins ⟨p. 82⟩have been many, but the mercies of God are more. Thou hast been guilty of abundance of sin, but there is a greater abundance of Mercy with God. Thy sins have been great, but the Mercy of God is greater; Rom. 5. 20. Where Sin abounded Grace did much more abound. It was a most blasphemous word, which Francis Spira […] in his Despair,That his Sin was greater than the Mercy of God. And as there are no limits set to the Mercy of God, so the Obedience of Christ is infinitely Meritorious. It is able to Justify the most Guilty sinners in the world unto whom it shall be imputed: Rom. 5. 19. By the Obedience of One shall many be made Righteous. And God in the Gospel offers a Pardon to the greatest sinners in the world, in case they will Repent and Believe on the Name of His Son Jesus Christ. It […] His Commandment that Repentance and Remission of sins through His Name should be Preached to all Nations, Luk. 24. 47. There never were men in the world Guilty of a greater Sin, than those Jews that Crucified the Son of God. Nevertheless, those very sinners as many of them as Repented and Believed ⟨p. 83⟩had that and all other sins forgiven to them.