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Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to…Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to…
Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1717
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2. When you confess your Sins, there is no occasion to say that you Mourn for his sake. Formerly the Man made light of Sin, but it is otherwise now; he laments his Sins and sometimes sheds Tears, as Saul, 1 Sam. 24.16. But God has no occasion to say, Behold how he loves me! He could dispense with my dishonour casily; but he has wounded his Conscience, his wounds smart, he has exposed himself to misery, his cries are the cries of Nature; he foresees Misery like to come upon him, and so be howls.
2. When you confess your Sins, there is no occasion to say that you Mourn for his sake. Formerly the Man made light of Sin, but it is otherwise now; he laments his Sins and sometimes sheds Tears, as Saul, 1 Sam. 24.16. But God has no occasion to say, Behold how he loves me! He could dispense with my dishonour casily; but he has wounded his Conscience, his wounds smart, he has exposed himself to misery, his cryes are the cryes of Nature; he foresees Misery like to come upon him, and so be howls.
3. When you are zealous, there is no occasion to say, Behold his zeal for the Lord. The Man is become a zealous Man, he has a Spirit to ⟨p. 61⟩promote Ordinances; he will be at any Expenses rather then live without them: And he has a zeal against the Pride and Drunkenness of the Land; he hopes Men take notice of it, and call it zeal for the Lord, 2 King. 10.16. But there is no occasion for God to say so. God takes notice there is another spirit in him, v. 31. He says, Jehu took no heed to walk in the Law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart. God says that there is something of zeal, but he is feeding his Pride or Covetousness, or covering his other Sins.