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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. When the Church is in a flourishing Condition, we must not lot upon it that they will always be so. If it be a time of Plenty in a Land, yet the Case may be much altered after a while, as it was in Egypt, Gen. 41.53, 54. If it be a time of Health, there may be after a while a sickly Time. So if Religion flourisheth, it doth not follow that it will always do so. There may come a Time of Hardening: God may withdraw his Spirit: Many Temptations may arise: There may be a Change of the Generation, and Religion may be buried in the Graves of old Men. A Field that was wont to flourish with Corn, may come to be overgrown with Thorns. A fruitful Land may be turned into Barrenness. Psal. 107.34. Religion flourished in the time of Jehoshaphat, but it withered in the time of Jehoram. It flourished in the time of Hezekiah, but it withered in the time of Manasseh. Many times there rises up another Generation that know not the Lord. Judg. 2.10. The People embrace corrupt Principles, & addict themselves to bad Practices, and the Spirit of Religion is much lost in a little Time.
1. When the Church is in a flourishing Condition, we must not lot upon it that they will always be so. If it be a time of Plenty in a Land, yet the Case may be much altered after a while, as it was in Egypt, Gen. 41.53, 54. If it be a time of Health, there may be after a while a sickly Time. So if Religion flourisheth, it doth not follow that it will always do so. There may come a Time of Hardning: God may withdraw his Spirit: Many Temptations may arise: There may be a Change of the Generation, and Religion may be buried in the Graves of old Men. A Field that was wont to flourish with Corn, may come to be overgrown with Thorns. A fruitful Land may be turned into Barrenness. Psal. 107.34. Religion flourished in the time of Jehoshaphat, but it withered in the time of Jehoram. It flourished in the time of Hezechiah, but it withered in the time of Menasseh. Many times there rises up another Generation that know not the Lord.