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Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…
Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1715
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As for the Reason why the Lord does so, it is sufficient to say, that in doing thus he shows his Sovereignty: He is not under any Obligation to give an account of his proceedings with men. Job 33.10, 13. God is greater then man▪ He gives not account of any of his matters. We may not find fault with him who may do what he pleaseth. We may justly find fault with Men, who deserve to be faulted, but not with God, Isai. 45 9. Let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the Earth, shall the cla• say to him that fashioned it what makest thou? Ther• are many who are never Called at all: They have not so much as the Out-ward Call of the Gospel, and many who have the External Call, have not that which is Internal, Effectual & Saving. Many are •lled & fe• chosen God declares his sovereignty in choosing some and refusing others He has mercy on whom be wi• have […], and whom he will be ha•. His not the potter power over th• day, to make […] to honour and a• […] It is his Sovereign ⟨p. 68⟩Will and Pleasure to Call some of his Elect at one hour, and others at another. And no one may say, Why did He call such an one at the Third hour, and another not until the Eleventh hour. When the Labourers had some of them a greater reward than others of them thought they should have had, the Lord silenced them by saying, May I not do with mine own what I will? Thus all Men are his own: They are his Creatures. Has not one God made us? Therefore he may call some and refuse others, and Call some sooner and others later, according to his Will and Sovereign Pleasure. Nevertheless, the infinitely wise God has great and good Reason for what he does in this and in all the dispensations of his Providence.
As for the Reason why the Lord does so, it is sufficient to say, that in doing thus he shows his Sovereignty: He is not under any Obligation to give an account of his proceedings with men.