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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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2. Have you felt a divine Power with the Gospel? There is a divine Power going with the Gospel to some Men. 1 Cor. 1.23. Christ is the Power of God, and the Wisdom of God. Rom. 1.16. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto Salvation. The Gospel where it sets Men at Liberty, has a Power to draw Men to Christ. Some Men complain that they are not able to come to Christ; they would do it but they have not Liberty; but indeed there is a Power to draw the Heart: It has a prevailing Power over all Fears and Objections. Joh. 6.45. Every one that hath heard and learned of the Father, cometh unto me. If the Arm of the Lord be revealed Men will believe. Isai. 53.1. When Men's Eyes are opened to understand Christ and his Death and Resurrection, those Doctrines come with Power upon the Heart. Phil. 3.10. That I may know him, and the Power of his Resurrection. 1 Pet. 1.3. He hath begotten us to a lively Hope, by the Resurrection of Christ from the Dead. So there is a regenerating Power in the Gospel, it ⟨p. 178⟩doth powerfully dispose their Hearts to love and fear God; and they will hate their Sins, and cast off the Works of Darkness, and live all their Days in a way of Obedience.
2. Have you felt a divine Power with the Gospel? There is a divine Power going with the Gospel to some Men. 1 Cor. 1.23. Chirst is the Power of God, and the Wisdom of God. Rom. 1.16. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto Salvation. The Gospel where it sets Men at Liberty, has a Power to draw Men to Christ. Some Men complain that they are not able to come to Christ; they would do it but they have not Liberty; but indeed there is a Power to draw the Heart: It has a prevailing Power over all Fears and Objections.