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The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Showed in…The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Shewed in…
The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Showed in a sermon before the inferior court in Northampton, Decem. 3d, 1712. : Together with the benefit of the Gospel, to those that are wounded in spirit. Showed in several sermons, from Luke 4th. 18, 19. On the occasion of a more than ordinary pouring out of the spirit of God. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Shewed in a sermon before the inferiour court in Northampton, Decem. 3d, 1712. : Together with the benefit of the Gospel, to those that are wounded in spirit. Shewed in several sermons, from Luke 4th. 18, 19. On the occasion of a more than ordinary pouring out of the spirit of God. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.
printed by Thomas Fleet for Samuel Phillips, 1713
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
DOCTRINE. The Gospel doth set many at Liberty that were in the Condition of Prisoners. Many Men are not the better for the Gospel, but the worse; but it is very Profitable unto some. They are naturally in a very sorrowful Condition; they are like Prisoners: But by the Gospel they are set at Liberty. Such ungodly Men as are Dead, are in Prison. 1 Pet. 3.19. And such ungodly Men as are Living, are in Prison also. But God by the Gospel, has set many of this latter sort at Liberty. Some that are sensible that they are in such a Condition, take other ways to get their Liberty, but they will miss their Expectation. But by the Gospel, many Prisoners have been set at Liberty. Isai. 42.6. I will ⟨p. 161⟩give thee for a Covenant of the People, for a Light of the Gentiles; to open the blind Eyes, to bring out the Prisoners from the Prison, and them that sit in Darkness, out of the Prison-House.
Q. How are Sinners in the Condition of Prisoners?
A. They are Guilty of many Crimes.