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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.
4. They are committed to a Jailer. Prisoners are committed to the Custody of the Keeper of the Prison. Gen. 39.21. And the Jailer many times keeps the Prisoners at Work. Judg. 16.21. Samson did Grind in the Prison-House. And many times he uses them hardly, Act. 16.24. So ungodly Men are committed to Satan as their Jailer, and he is suffered to Tyrannize over them. He keeps them hard at Work, and Rules over them. He is a Prince over them. Eph. 2.2. ⟨p. 165⟩They are Servants to him. He makes some of them to walk in ways of Debauchery. They Lye, and Steal, and commit Whoredom. He makes others Drudges to the World and their Pride. He keeps them busy at Work, and many times Afflicts them, and Frights them with Imaginations of Poverty and Disgrace, and Losses, and Calamities; and if they are labouring after their Escape, he Torments them. Sometimes he Terrifies them that their Day is past; that they have committed the unpardonable Sin; that God has given them up to hardness; that if they entertain Convictions, and mind eternal Things, they will be Distracted, or so Distressed, that they will be forced to lay violent Hands on themselves.
4. They are committed to a Jailor. Prisoners are committed to the Custody of the Keeper of the Prison. Gen. 39.21. And the Jailor many times keeps the Prisoners at Work. Judg. 16.21. Samson did Grind in the Prison-House. And many times he uses them hardly, Act. 16.24. So ungodly Men are committed to Satan as their Jailor, and he is suffered to Tyrannize over them. He keeps them hard at Work, and Rules over them. He is a Prince over them. Eph. 2.2. ⟨p. 165⟩