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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 USE. We should beg of God, that Religion may revive in this Land. We have Occasion to go before God for many Things: We have need to beg Peace, and Health, and Plenty; but especially we have Reason to be earnest with God for this Mercy. This is a Thing of greatest Consequence. When God pours out his Spirit on his People, they are Days of great Mercy. Isai. 54.11, 12, 13. Oh thou afflicted and tossed with Tempest, and not comforted, I will lay thy Stones with fair Colours, and lay thy Foundations with Sapphires. I will make, thy Windows of Agates, and thy Gates of Carbuncles, and all thy Borders of pleasant Stones. And all thy Children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the Peace of thy Children. Hereby the Land is secured from Degeneracy. Many are fitted hereby to keep God's Covenant: Hereby a Way is made for outward Blessings: Hereby a Foundation is laid for Salvation. Men should not Pray for this in a formal Way, but with Groanings that cannot be uttered. Psal. 90.16, 17. Let thy Work appear unto thy Servants, and thy Glory unto ⟨p. 198⟩their Children. And let the Beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish thou the Work of our Hands, yea, the Work of our Hands establish thou it.
2 USE. We should beg of God, that Religion may revive in this Land. We have Occasion to go before God for many Things: We have need to beg Peace, and Health, and Plenty; but especially we have Reason to be earnest with God for this Mercy. This is a Thing of greatest Consequence. When God pours out his Spirit on his People, they are Days of great Mercy. Isai. 54.11, 12, 13. Oh thou aflicted and tossed with Tempest, and not comforted, I will lay thy Stones with fair Colours, and lay thy Foundations with Sapphires. I will make, thy Windows of Agates, and thy Gates of Carbuncles, and all thy Borders of pleasant Stones. And all thy Children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the Peace of thy Children. Hereby the Land is secured from Degeneracy. Many are fitted hereby to keep God's Covenant: Hereby a Way is made for outward Blessings: Hereby a Foundation is laid for Salvation. Men should not Pray for this in a formal Way, but with Groanings that cannot be uttered.