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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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Of Conviction, Of the wretchedness of Natural Men. There is a considerable difference between them, as to their outward Conversation. Some of them are rude and profane, and do openly trample on the Authority of God. Others walk orderly: they are Civil and Religious in their behaviour: but yet they are all of them wretched & vile Men, for they are under the government of Self-love; they exalt themselves above God, and set their interest at the right hand of Gods glory. When we read the dreadful threatening that God has denounced against them, we shall not need to wonder: there is no occasion to think that God deals hardly with them: for they utterly neglect the end that they were made for, and make it their business to serve ⟨p. 63⟩themselves; they care not whether his glory sinks or swims, and are devoted to themselves. Hos. 10.1. Ephraim is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit to himself.
Of Conviction, Of the wretchedness of Natural Men. There is a considerable difference between them, as to their outward Conversation. Some of them are rude and prophane, and do openly trample on the Authority of God. Others walk orderly: they are Civil and Religious in their behaviour: but yet they are all of them wretched & vile Men, for they are under the government of Self-love; they exalt themselves above God, and set their interest at the right hand of Gods glory. When we read the dreadful threatning that God has denounced against them, we shall not need to wonder: there is no occasion to think that God deals hardly with them: for they utterly neglect the end that they were made for, and make it their business to serve ⟨p. 63⟩