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Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will…
Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will bring both parents and children to. : A sermon occasioned by the death of a religious matron, Mrs. Mary Rock. Who having entered the eighty first year of her age, withdrew from us. 30d. 7m. 1713. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Matthew]Nepenthes evangelicum. A brief essay, upon a soul at ease; in what piety will bring both parents and children to. : A sermon occasion'd by the death of a religious matron, Mrs. Mary Rock. Who having entred the eighty first year of her age, withdrew from us. 30d. 7m. 1713. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Matthew]
Boston: printed by Thomas Fleet for Daniel Henchman, 1713
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III. To Dwell in Peace is to Dwell at Ease. Piety brings us to Peace: The Paths thereof are Paths of Peace. To be at Peace with God, This, this is to be Easy; and hereby, Good shall come unto thee. Now, by the Fear of God we come into it. We Read; Psal. CXIX. 165. Great Peace have they which love thy Law, and nothing shall Offend them. Piety brings us to the Pardon of our Sin. The Guilt of Sin, is the most heavy Load that ever was heard of; A Load enough to break the Back of an Angel! What would a Soul thoroughly Awakened, and horribly Terrified with the Guilt of Sin, give to be Eased of such a ponderous Load? Piety carries the Laden Soul to the Sacrifice of that Saviour, who says, Come to me, and I will give thee Rest! O Soul coming to Piety and Repentance: The ⟨p. 14⟩Voice of Heaven to thee, is that; Math. IX. 2. Be of good Cheer, thy Sins are forgiven thee. 'Tis; Be at Ease, the Lord has put away thy Sin; Thou shalt not Die. A Soul Glorifying the Holy God in the ways of Piety, is a Soul Reconciled unto GOD. The Wrath of GOD is turned away from that Soul: That Soul, being Justified by Faith, has Peace with GOD. The Song of that Eased Soul may be, I will Praise Thee, O Lord, because tho' thou wast Angry with me, Thine Anger is turned away. And what follows? Thou dost Comfort me. A Peace of Conscience! A Soul dwelling at Ease, is a Pacified Conscience, a Peaceable Conscience; A Conscience, which from the Blood of a Saviour sprinkled upon it speaks Peace to the pardoned Sinner. In the Wisdom of the Ancients, the Note was, Haec est Animae Suavissima ut Saluberrima Requies. A Conscience Raging and Roaring with Guilty Apprehensions, is of all things the most Intolerable: Such a Wounded Spirit, who can bear it? who can bear it? The Soul is Eased, when the Painful and Grievous Wounds of the Conscience are healed. A Conscience quieted, by the Blood of the Son ⟨p. 15⟩of God Cleansing from all Sin, this renders an Easy Soul. Piety brings a Quiet unto the Conscience. It speaks Peace to the Soul. Soul, Dwell at Ease, when thy Conscience has in it, that Peace of God that passes Understanding. A Soul at a continual Feast, surely is a Soul dwelling at Ease. A Good Conscience is a continual Feast.