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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 USE. It is very Doleful, when Persons at such Times are overlooked. There are special Times, when in particular Towns there is a Noise among the dry Bones, and many are made sensible of their natural Condition, and are labouring after a part in Christ; when one and another are enquiring what they must do to be saved, ⟨p. 201⟩and some have obtained Mercy; and at such times there be a Number of senseless Sinners, that are not concerned about their Souls, that mind nothing else but the World and their carnal Delights, while some are crying out, What shall we do to be saved. They are enquiring what they shall Eat, and what they shall Drink, and wherewithal they shall be Clothed. Such a Spirit is Doleful at any time, much more at such a time when then there be a cloud of Witnesses, a great many good Examples. They have as much need to seek as others; they have provoked God as much as others; they are as near the Grave as others. For Men to be regardless at such a time, is a great Sin, and a black Sign. When Men are like the Barren Heath in the Wilderness, that seeth not Good when Good cometh, it is much to be feared they will sleep the sleep of Death.
3 USE. It is very Doleful, when Persons at such Times are overlooked. There are special Times, when in particular Towns there is a Noise among the dry Bones, and many are made sensible of their natural Condition, and are labouring after a part in Christ; when one and another are enquiring what they must do to be saved, ⟨p. 201⟩and some have obtained Mercy; and at such times there be a Number of senseless Sinners, that are not concerned about their Souls, that mind nothing else but the World and their carnal Delights, while some are crying out, What shall we do to be saved. They are enquiring what they shall Eat, and what they shall Drink, and wherewithal they shall be Cloathed. Such a Spirit is Doleful at any time, much more at such a time when then there be a cloud of Witnesses, a great many good Examples. They have as much need to seek as others; they have provoked God as much as others; they are as near the Grave as others. For Men to be regardless at such a time, is a great Sin, and a black Sign. When Men are like the Barren Heath in the Wilderness, that seeth not Good when Good cometh, it is much to be feared they will sleep the sleep of Death.