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Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showedMeditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed
Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showed; I. That some true believers on Christ are afraid of death, but that they have no just cause to be so. II. That good men as well as others may be taken out of the world by a sudden death. III. That not earth but heaven is the Christians home. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Two lines from Hebrews]Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed; I. That some true believers on Christ are afraid of death, but that they have no just cause to be so. II. That good men as well as others may be taken out of the world by a sudden death. III. That not earth but heaven is the Christians home. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Two lines from Hebrews]
printed by Timothy Green, 1707
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And Remember that there is D••••verance to be h•d for the poor […] of Hell: Isa. 49.24. Shall […] •awful Captive be delivered? Shall […] •rey be taken out of the hand of the […]? Yea, says the Lord, they shal• delivered out of the hand of the […] one. The Devil is that […] Christ has delive••• ⟨p. 51⟩Poor Undone Creatures out of the hand of that Enemy. The Souls that were a Prey to him, Jesus Christ has set them at Liberty, if they will become His Servants. But then you must be sensible of the Misery of the Bondage that you are in, so as to Cry to Heaven for Deliverance. As the Children of Israel when in Egyptian Bondage, they Sighed because of their Bondage, and Cried, and their Cry came up to God. So thou a poor Creature, must be sensible of thy Bondage, […] Slavery to Sin and Death and Hell, and Cry to God and to Jesus Christ. Go to Him in a way of Prayer and Faith.
And Remember that there is D••••verance to be h•d for the poor 〈…〉 of Hell: Isa. 49.24. Shall 〈…〉 •awful Captive be delivered? Shall 〈…〉 •rey be taken out of the hand of the 〈…〉? Yea, sayes the Lord, they shal• •elivered out of the hand of the 〈…〉 one. The Devil is that 〈…〉 Christ has delive••• ⟨p. 51⟩