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Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when…
Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when the author attained to the eightieth year of his age. II. A dying testimony to the sovereign grace of God in the salvation of his elect, containing three sermons. III. Believers encouraged to pray from the consideration of Christs interceding for them, and with them. / By Increase Mather, D.D ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1719
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FOR APPLICATION.
USE, I. Hence No Man in the World has cause to be Proud, but to walk Humbl• and Mournfully before the Lord, and to […] ashamed. For Sin has made him to […] a vile Creature, which he has cause […] confess and bewail. As Job did, Job.4• ▪4. Behold I am vile. Every Man ma• say so, Behold I am vile; and he was • vile Creature as soon as he came into th• World, a loathsome Creature in th• sight of God. The Lord here says by the Prophet, I saw thee when thou was• cast out to the loathing of thy person in the day that thou wast born. Every Man by Nature is that loathsome Person. It i• true that Actual Sins makes Men loathsome before the Lord. Prov. 13. 5. The wicked i• loathsome. Original Sin much ⟨p. 17⟩more. Is not a Plague sore loathsome? What then is the Plague of the heart. Is not a Leprosy a loathsome disease? What then is the Leprosy of the Soul. In the Chapter concerning the Plague of Leprosy, viz. Lev. 13. We read of him that hath that Plague, from Head to foot, vers. 12. Truly Original Sin is such a Leprosy, it over spreads Sinful Creatures from head to foot, all over them: That Men have cause to say, as Job also did, Job 42.6. I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes. Men have cause to abhor themselves on the account of Original Sin, if on the account of Actual Sins much more on the account of Original Sin, that is the worst Sin that any Man has been guilty of.