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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
USE, II. If Men are by Nature so sinful as has been proved, Then every man must either be made partaker of a New-birth, or perish Eternally. Regeneration is absolutely necessary to Salvation. The Mouth of the Son of God has declared it, and that with a double Verily. Joh. 2. 2. Verily, verily I say […] thee. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. No! he cannot, Can a Man that has no Interest in Christ the Only Saviour be Saved? when the Scripture ⟨p. 20⟩says, He that has the Son has life, […] he that has not the Son has not life? […] that has no Interest in Christ can he […] Saved? As for the Unregenerate […] it is certain that he has no Interest in […] Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. 5. 17. If […] man is in Christ he is a new creature. […] then, think seriously and sadly on th•• Art thou a New Creature? Has […] created a clean heart in thee? Has […] given thee another kind of heart, anoth•• Nature than once thou hadst? If […] thou hast no Interest in Christ. Chri•• said▪ If I wish thee not thou hast no part […] me. If thou art not washed in the bloo• of Christ, and washed with the Spirit […] Christ; if thou art not made partak•• of the washing of Regeneration and Renewing of the Holy Ghost, it is mo•• certain thou hast no Interest in the Lo•• Jesus Christ. Can a Man be saved whos• Sins are not forgiven? One Sin Unpar•• donned is enough to sink a Soul to the bottom of Hell. One of thy Sins has […] Mouth like Hell, wide enough to swallow up thy Soul; but now if thou ar• not Converted, Regenerated, not any One Sin that ever thou wast guilty of in thy ⟨p. 21⟩