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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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Consider, 2. That if God would open the eyes of Men to see his Glory in the works of Creation, or in the Law, or in Providences, that would make Men holy. There is a great deal of convincing light in these things, and they ⟨p. 71⟩discover the glory of God. Psal. 8.1. O Lord Our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the Earth? And if there were but inward discoveries made to the Heathens thereby, they would love and fear God. There is abundant cause to love God from the discoveries of his glory in these; the power of God, and wisdom and goodness of God manifested in the works of Creation, are lovely: and the holiness wisdom of God appearing in his Law, are lovely: and the glorious Properties of God appearing in the works of Providence, are lovely; and give sufficient cause to Men to love and serve God: and upon this account it is that the Heathens are guilty for their not loving & serving God; this makes them without Excuse, Rom. 1.20. They have Conviction enough set before them to draw their hearts to God.
This is further evident from these two things.
1. If Men know God they will be holy. Where God is truly known, he will be loved and served uprightly. Psal. 36.10. Stretch out thy loving kindness to them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. Psal. 91.14. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my Name. The Nature of Man is such, that the Will always follows the last dictates of the Understanding; the Will it self is a blind facility, and it follows the direction of the Understanding. When