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The valley of Hinnom. The terrors of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping…The valley of Hinnom. The terrours of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping…
The valley of Hinnom. The terrors of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping the terrible miseries of the punishments on the wicked there, declared. In a sermon preached in the hearing, and at the request, of a man under a sentence of death for a murder; just before the execution of the sentence; and upon a text by himself assigned for the sermon to insist upon. At Boston, 13.d. IV.m. 1717, : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]The valley of Hinnom. The terrours of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping the terrible miseries of the punishments on the wicked there, declared. In a sermon preached in the hearing, and at the request, of a man under a sentence of death for a murder; just before the execution of the sentence; and upon a text by himself assigned for the sermon to insist upon. At Boston, 13.d. IV.m. 1717, : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by J. Allen for Robert Starke, 1717
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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.
First. In the Fear of GOD, make your Flight unto your only SAVIOUR, that you may be delivered from the Wrath of GOD and from the Destructive Miseries in that HELL which your Sin, has deserved for you. This, This is the Fear of GOD, in the Evangelical Notion of it; Such a Dread of the Divine Displeasure whereto our Sin Exposes us, as to Compel our Flight unto the only ⟨p. 39⟩SAVIOUR from Sin, that by Him we may be Saved from it, Thus we read, Psal. CXLVII. 11. The Lord takes pleasure in them that Fear Him, in them that hope in His Mercies. Our Hope in a Glorious CHRIST, is our Hope in the Mercy of GOD. Without this Hope, there is no Genuine Fear of GOD. O People in Danger of a Damnation that slumbers not; You are to Remember, That there is a JESUS who delivers from the Wrath to come. You are to Remember, That we have a Great SAVIOUR who has willingly undergone the Essentials of that Punishment which was due to His chosen for their Sin. You are to Remember, That when the Blood of our Great SAVIOUR is applied unto his chosen, to rescue them from their Punishment, He always inclines and strengthens them, to Confess and Forsake their Sin, and Return unto GOD. Now, you must in the Fear of GOD, fall down before your Great SAVIOUR, ⟨p. 40⟩and with a wondrous Importunity beg it of Him; O my SAVIOUR, Do thou Reconcile me, […] GOD, and Lead me in the Paths of Righteousness. My Friend, Except thou dost Wrestle hard for this, and as it becomes an Israelite indeed, Weep and make Supplication to GOD for it, thou never shalt be Justified.
First. In the Fear of GOD, make your Flight unto your only SAVIOUR, that you may be delivered from the Wrath of GOD and from the Destructive Miseries in that HELL which your Sin, has deserved for you. This, This is the Fear of GOD, in the Evangelical Notion of it; Such a Dread of the Divine Displeasure whereto our Sin Exposes us, as to Compel our Flight unto the only ⟨p. 39⟩SAVIOUR from Sin, that by Him we may be Saved from it, Thus we read, Psal. CXLVII. 11. The Lord takes pleasure in them that Fear Him, in them that hope in His Mercies. Our Hope in a Glorious CHRIST, is our Hope in the Mercy of GOD. Without this Hope, there is no Genuine Fear of GOD. O People in Danger of a Damnation that slumbers not; You are to Remember, That there is a JESUS who delivers from the Wrath to come. You are to Remember, That we have a Great SAVIOUR who has willingly undergone the Essentials of that Punishment which was due to His chosen for their Sin. You are to Remember, That when the Blood of our Great SAVIOUR is applied unto his chosen, to rescue them from their Punishment, He always inclines and strengthens them, to Confess and Forsake their Sin, and Return unto GOD. Now, you must in the Fear of GOD, fall down before your Great SAVIOUR,