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A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing.…
A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing. Occasioned by the death of that pious gentlewoman, Mrs. Mariah Mather, late consort of Increase Mather, D.D. Who entered into her everlasting rest, on the Lords Day, April.4. 1714. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing. Occasion'd by the death of that pious gentlewoman, Mrs. Mariah Mather, late consort of Increase Mather, D.D. Who entered into her everlasting rest, on the Lords Day, April.4. 1714. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by T. Green, 1714
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Quest. What does the Gospel Reveal to men to be the Will of God, which they ought to Comply with?
Answ. 1. It is the Will of God Revealed in the Gospel, that men should Repent of Sin: 2 Pet. 3.9. The Lord is not willing that any should Perish, but that all should come to Repentance. God in ⟨p. 8⟩the Gospel declares it to be his Will, that men should Repent that so they may not Perish. This Commandment of God takes hold not only on some, but on all men wherever the Gospel is Preached, without excepting any man. Now since the Gospel is Published to the Nations in the world, He Commands all men every where to Repent, Act. 17.30. They must Confess their Sins if ever they would have God Pardon them: 1 Joh. 1.9. If we Confess our Sins, he is faithful to forgive our Sins. So he will if they Confess them with a Penitent Broken Heart: For then they will Forsake them as well as Confess them. The Law knows no Repentance; but the Word of the Gospel Chargeth men at their Peril, not only to Confess their Sins, but to Turn from them, which is the principal thing in Repentance: Ezek. 18.30. Repent and Turn your selves from all your Transgressions, so Iniquity shall not be your Ruin. That's Repentance, it is a Turning from Sin, and from all Sin. You must do so, or it will be your Ruin.
Answ. 1. It is the Will of God Revealed in the Gospel, that men should Repent of Sin: 2 Pet. 3.9. The Lord is not willing that any should Perish, but that all should come to Repentance. God in ⟨p. 8⟩the Gospel declares it to be his Will, that men should Repent that so they may not Perish. This Commandment of God takes hold not only on some, but on all men wherever the Gospel is Preached, without excepting any man. Now since the Gospel is Published to the Nations in the world, He Commands all men every where to Repent,