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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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3. Observation. God is very Arbitrary in this Matter. The People of God are Praying and Waiting for this Mercy Hab. 3.2. O Lord, revive thy Work in the midst of the ⟨p. 192⟩Years, in the midst of Years make known; in Wrath remember Mercy. Psal. 85.6. Wilt not thou revive us again, that thy People may Rejoice in thee? But God will take his own time for this Mercy. As the Angel stirred the Waters of Bethesda, at some certain Seasons, and they waited for that time, Joh. 5.4. so it is in this Case. There is a stated time for the rising of the Sun, and for the setting of the same, and so for the return of the Spring; but the returns of the Spirit are very Arbitrary. Sometimes God puts his People to wait longer for them; sometimes not so long: It is in this Case, as it is with the inward Consolations of godly Men. God takes his own time to Refresh their Hearts, and Seal them up to the Day of Redemption. No Man can tell beforehand when the Work of God shall Prosper in this or that Place. Act. 1.6, 7. It is not for you to know the Times and the Seasons that the Father has put in his own Power. When God hardens a People, none can tell how long that shall be. Isai. 6.11. Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the Cities be wasted without Inhabitant, and the Houses without Man, and the Land be utterly desolate.
3. Observation. God is very Arbitrary in this Matter. The People of God are Praying and Waiting for this Mercy Hab. 3.2. O Lord, revive thy Work in the midst of the ⟨p. 192⟩Years, in the midst of Years make known; in Wrath remember Mercy. Psal. 85.6. Wilt not thou revive us again, that thy People may Rejoyce in thee? But God will take his own time for this Mercy. As the Angel stirred the Waters of Bethesda, at some certain Seasons, and they waited for that time,