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Fair dealing between debtor and creditor. A very brief essay upon the caution to…
Fair dealing between debtor and creditor. A very brief essay upon the caution to be used, about coming in to debt, and getting out of it. Offered at Boston-lecture; 5. d. XI. m. 1715/16. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. & F.R.S. ; [Two lines of quotation]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Gerrish, 1716
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'Tis a Thing that calls for the most awful, Consideration of Every Soul among us; That our Sins have brought us into Debt unto the Justice of the Infinite GOD. There is a Debt of Sufferings, which we owe to the Justice of the Infinite GOD. The Fenalty of the Divine Law, to which our Sins have made us obnoxious, must be Executed. The Honour of the Holy One, whom we have Denied & Blasphemed by our Sins, must be Vindicated. For the Payment of this Debt, there are Sufferings to be endured, which are, Oh! how Exceedingly to be trembled at! Our Sins are called, our Debts, because they render us fearfully Indebted unto the Justice of God. Sinner, Thou hast a Debt lying upon thee, which were ponderous enough to break the Backs of all the Angels in Heaven. Ten Thousand Talents are but a small Denomination, for the Debt which is oppressing of thee; the Debt, which may make thee cry out, Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me! Ten Thousand Mountains were less than the light Dust of the Balance, compared unto it. Thousands of Rams, Ten Thousands of Rivers of Oil; a Sacrificed Off-spring; a Sacrifice of Myriads of Angels; the whole World made a Sacrifice; all Creatures turned into a Burnt-Offering, would not make a full Payment of the Debt.
'Tis a Thing that calls for the most awful, Consideration of Every Soul among us; That our Sins have brought us into Debt unto the Justice of the Infinte GOD. There is a Debt of Sufferings, which we owe to the Justice of the Infinite GOD. The Fenalty of the Divine Law, to which our Sins have made us obnoxious, must be Executed. The Honour of the Holy One, whom we have Denied & Blasphemed by our Sins, must be Vindicated. For the Payment of this Debt, there are Sufferings to be endured, which are, Oh! how Exceedingly to be trembled at! Our Sins are called, our Debts, because they render us fearfully Indebted unto the Justice of God. Sinner, Thou hast a Debt lying upon thee, which were ponderous enough to break the Backs of all the Angels in Heaven. Ten Thousand Talents are but a small Denomination, for the Debt which is oppressing of thee; the Debt, which may make thee cry out, Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me! Ten Thousand Mountains were less than the light Dust of the Balance, compared unto it. Thousands of Rams, Ten Thousands of Rivers of Oyl; a Sacrificed Off-spring; a Sacrifice of Myriads of Angels; the whole World made a Sacrisice; all Creatures turn'd into a Burnt-Offering, would not make a full Payment of the Debt.