N01488:86
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Because some of them dye in their Youth. Therefore they must either be Converted in their Youth, or not at all. For there is no Conversion after Death, since every Mans Eternal State is then determined. After Death comes Judgment, Heb. 9.27. The Immortal Soul then returns to God that gave it, and is accordingly adjudged to its Everlasting State. Some that dye in their Youth, go to Heaven when they leave this World. ⟨p. 71⟩Now the Glory of Heaven is begun in Grace. Without holiness none shall see the Lord. Wherefore it is necessary that Regenerating Grace should be wrought in them, in their young Years. Jeroboam tho' a very wicked Man had a Son which was a godly Child: 2 King. 14.13. In him there was found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel. In the 17th verse, 'tis said, The Child dyed: Since he was to dye when a Child, it was necessary that a Good Thing, that Grace should be found in him before Death took him out of the World.
1. Because some of them dye in their Youth. Therefore they must either be Converted in their Youth, or not at all. For there is no Conversion after Death, since every Mans Eternal State is then determin'd. After Death comes Judgment, Heb. 9.27. The Immortal Soul then returns to God that gave it, and is accordingly adjudged to its Everlasting State. Some that dye in their Youth, go to Heaven when they leave this World. ⟨p. 71⟩Now the Glory of Heaven is begun in Grace. Without holiness none shall see the Lord. Wherefore it is necessary that Regenerating Grace should be wrought in them, in their young Years. Jeroboam tho' a very wicked Man had a Son which was a godly Child: 2 King. 14.13. In him there was found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel. In the 17th verse, 'tis said, The Child dyed: Since he was to dye when a Child, it was necessary that a Good Thing, that Grace should be found in him before Death took him out of the World.