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The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in…The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in…
The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in Boston, the 8th. of July, 1708. Being the lecture day. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in Boston, the 8th. of July, 1708. Being the lecture day. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.
printed by Bartholomew Green. Sold by Samuel Phillips, 1708
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1. They judge well of themselves, because they enjoy Gospel Privileges. Some men imagine, because of their Privileges, that God loves them, He has caused their lot to fall in a Place of Gospel light; they are no Papists, they belong to an Orthodox Church; they have been devoted from their Child-hood unto God: they sit under Good Teaching, and sit at the Table of the Lord: they belong to the Militant Church, and hope to be translated to the Church Triumphant: this is but a Sandy Foundation. John warns men against this confidence, Matt. 3.9. Think not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to our Father. There is a great deal of chaff on the floor of the Gospel Church: there be bad fish as well as good, caught by the Net of the Gospel. The means of Grace are a savour of Death unto Death to some: the Gospel is hid from many that hear it; many are called and few are chosen; some are blinded & hardened by means: Luk. 13.26, 27. Many will say have we not eaten and drunk in thy presence, & thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tel• you, I know you not whence you are. A••os 9.7. Are •ou not as the Children of the Ethiopians unto me, O Children of Israel?
1. They judge well of themselves, because they enjoy Gospel Privileges. Some men imagine, because of their Privileges, that God loves them, He has caused their lot to fall in a Place of Gospel light; they are no Papists, they belong to an Orthodox Church; they have been devoted from their Child-hood unto God: they sit under Good Teaching, and sit at the Table of the Lord: they belong to the Militant Church, and hope to be translated to the Church Triumphant: this is but a Sandy Foundation. John warns men against this confidence, Matt. 3.9. Think not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to our Father. There is a great deal of chaff on the floor of the Gospel Church: there be bad fish as well as good, caught by the Net of the Gospel. The means of Grace are a savour of Death unto Death to some: the Gospel is hid from many that hear it; many are called and few are chosen; some are blinded & hardned by means: