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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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Ans. It would be no loss to you, if you never did enjoy the pleasure of Sin. There be pleasures to be enjoyed in a way of Religion, & they are far better, less cloying, more substantial, and ⟨p. 118⟩[…] durable: the pleasures of Sin have stings in them. Prov. 23.32. At last they bite like a serpent and sting like an adder. Eccl. 11.9. Know that for all […] things God will bring thee into Judgment. You may get such a wound by indulging your selves in the pleasures of Sin, that may never be cured. And it may be now is your only time, to secure eternal life: you have no assurance of any time hereafter to do it. The course of Nature don't secure it unto you. There is no promise from God to secure it to you: and you are warned to take the present time. Isai. 55.6. Seek the Lord while he may be found, call you upon him, while he is near.
Ans. It would be no loss to you, if you never did enjoy the pleasure of Sin. There be pleasures to be injoyed in a way of Religion, & they are far better, less cloying, more substantial, and ⟨p. 118⟩〈…〉 durable: the pleasures of Sin have stings in them. Prov. 23.32. At last they bite like a serpent and sting like an adder. Eccl. 11.9. Know that for all 〈…〉 things God will bring thee into Judgment. You may get such a wound by indulging your selves in the pleasures of Sin, that may never be cured. And it may be now is your only time, to secure eternal life: you have no assurance of any time hereafter to do it. The course of Nature don't secure it unto you. There is no promise from God to secure it to you: and you are warned to take the present time. Isai. 55.6. Seek the Lord while he may be found, call you upon him, while he is near.