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A sermon preached by the Reverend, Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church…
A sermon preached by the Reverend, Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church in Boston in New-England. Delivered at Salem, 1636. : To which is prefixed, a retraction of his former opinion concerning baptism, uttered by him immediately preceding the sermon emitted. He dyed on the 23. day of December, 1652. Entering [sic] on the 68 year of his age. : [Seven lines from I Corinthians]A sermon preached by the Reverend, Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church in Boston in New-England. Deliver'd at Salem, 1636. : To which is prefixed, a retraction of his former opinion concerning baptism, utter'd by him immediately preceeding the sermon emitted. He dyed on the 23. day of December, 1652. Entring [sic] on the 68 year of his age. : [Seven lines from I Corithians]
Boston: : s.n., Printed in the year, 1713
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If he have a Promise never so clear, yet it doth not quiet his Spirit fully, it doth stay him from sinking, but not from searching. When Nathan told David, 2 Sam. 12.13. The Lord hath put away thy Sin, thou shalt not dye; as plain a Promise as any could be, and David knew that he spake it from the word of the Lord. And what doth he now? Doth that satisfy? No verily. But many men who had run upon a Covenant of works, would have took it to themselves: If they had been humbled, and after received; but a Child of God, tho' a Minister should so convince him, that he could not deny but the Promise belongs to him, yet he searches further. And so David, Psal. 51.1. Doth still beg for Mercy, Have Mercy upon me, O Lord, &c. Why, had not David been told that the Lord had put away his Sins, (for this Psalm was Penned when Nathan had spoken to him, as appears by the title:) What would he have? Surely he saw need of further Mercy; Make me to hear the voice of joy & gladness, & establish me with thy free Spirit: And thus he wrestles with God and prays for it; according to what the Apostle speaks: Eph. 1.13. In whom after the believed, ye were sealed with the holy Spirit of Promise. And when the Soul hath received this, then doth he Sleep in quietness, and hath full contentment, and still he doth yet depend on Christ Jesus, fearing left he should grieve & quench the ⟨p. 35⟩Spirit; and such a Soul it is unto whom the Lord hath made an Everlasting Covenant.
If he have a Promise never so clear, yet it doth not quiet his Spirit fully, it doth stay him from sinking, but not from searching. When Nathan told David, 2 Sam. 12.13. The Lord hath put away thy Sin, thou shalt not dye; as plain a Promise as any could be, and David knew that he spake it from the word of the Lord. And what doth he now? Doth that satisfy? No verily. But many men who had run upon a Covenant of works, would have took it to themselves: If they had been humbled, and after received; but a Child of God, tho' a Minister should so convince him, that he could not deny but the Promise belongs to him, yet he searches further. And so David,