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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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1. Observation. This reviving is sometimes more General and sometimes more Particular. It is more General, when it is throughout a Country, when in all Parts of a Land there is a turning to God. That was prophesied of, Ezek. 36.25, 26, 27. Then will I sprinkle clean Water upon you, & ye shall be clean from all your Filthiness, and from all your Idols will I cleanse you, &c. So it was about Luther's time, when some Nations broke off from Popery, and embraced the Gospel. Sometimes the Country doth generally Decline. Gal. 3.1. O Foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the Truth? But sometimes this reviving is more Particular, when in some particular Towns Religion doth revive and flourish. So 2 Thes. 1.3. Their Faith grew exceedingly. Rev. 3.8. Thou hast a little Strength, and hast kept my Word, and not denied my Name. At the same time Sardis and Laodicea were in a declining Way: As sometimes it Rains upon one City, and doth not Rain upon another. Am. 4.7. So it is with God's Raining Righteousness. There is many times a great difference in the same Country; There is a Blast upon Corn in one part of a Land, when it flourishes in another: So it is in this Case.
1. Observation. This reviving is sometimes more General and sometimes more Particular. It is more General, when it is throughout a Country, when in all Parts of a Land there is a turning to God. That was prophesied of, Ezek. 36.25, 26, 27. Then will I sprinkle clean Water upon you, & ye shall be clean from all your Filthiness, and from all your Idols will I cleanse you, &c. So it was about Luther's time, when some Nations broke off from Popery, and imbraced the Gospel. Sometimes the Country doth generally Decline. Gal. 3.1. O Foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the Truth? But sometimes this reviving is more Particular, when in some particular Towns Religion doth revive and flourish. So