N01147:151
A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of…
A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of which, is, to encourage unsanctified persons (while such) to approach the holy table of the Lord, is examined and confuted. With an appendix, showing what Scripture ground there is to hope, that within a very few years there will be a glorious reformation of the church throughout the world. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of which, is, to encourage unsanctified persons (while such) to approach the holy table of the Lord, is examined and confuted. With an appendix, shewing what Scripture ground there is to hope, that within a very few years there will be a glorious reformation of the church throughout the world. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benj. Eliot, 1708
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When God Promised that Sarah should have a Son, because it was above the ordinary Course of Nature, she could not believe it, the Angel does therefore Rebuke her saying, Gen. 18 14. Is any thing […] hard for the Lord, tho' this be above what is usual, yet if the Lord hath spoken it, is it too hard for him to cause it to be so? It was a Thing very unlikely, that the Children of Israel should be brought out of the Land of Egypt, considering that they were a poor unarmed People, & were dispirited by the Slavery and Cruel Bondage which they had, for a long time, been in, & their Enemies were more in Number than they, nevertheless, since God had made such a Promise, He did bring it about to show His Power, He saved them for His Name sake, that He might make His mighty Power known. That the Jews should be brought out of Babylon, was more Improbable than their deliverance out of Egypt, because the King of Babylon was a far more potent Prince, than Pharaoh King of Egypt; nevertheless, in as much as God Promised it, His Power did effect it, Jer. 50. 34. Their Redeemer is Strong, the Lord of Hosts is his Name. Gods Strength & Power is such, as He could do that Wondrous Thing. So, that the Jews who at this Day, are the most forlorn Nation in the World, should again be called & become the People of God, is Incredible to many, but the Apostle proves that it shall be so, from the Infinite ⟨p. 116⟩Power of God, Rom. 11. 13. God is able to Graft them in again, because He is able, and hath so Promised, it shall surely be done.
When God Promised that Sarah should have a Son, because it was above the ordinary Course of Nature, she could not believe it, the Angel does therefore Rebuke her saying, Gen. 18 14. Is any thing 〈…〉 hard for the Lord, tho' this be above what is usual, yet if the Lord hath spoken it, is it too hard for him to cause it to be so? It was a Thing very unlikely, that the Children of Israel should be brought out of the Land of Egypt, considering that they were a poor unarmed People, & were dispirited by the Slavery and Cruel Bondage which they had, for a long time, been in, & their Enemies were more in Number than they, nevertheless, since God had made such a Promise, He did bring it about to shew His Power, He saved them for His Name sake, that He might make His mighty Power known. That the Jews should be brought out of Babylon, was more Improbable than their deliverance out of Egypt, because the King of Babylon was a far more potent Prince, than Pharaoh King of Egypt; nevertheless, in as much as God Promised it, His Power did effect it,