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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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Sovereign Grace Proclaimed. › Sermon 1: SERMON, I.Soveraign Grace Proclaimed. › Sermon 1: SERMON, I.
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(2.) It imply's a deliverance from the dominion of Sin, which indeed is no less a Mercy than deliverance from the damnation of it; for a greater evil cannot befall a poor creature than to be a slave to Sin: Believers are delivered from that slavery: God has made them to be blessed free Men. Joh.8.36. If the Son shall make you free ye shall be free indeed. The Son of God has made Believers on Him free from the power & dominion of Sin. The Apostle does not only affirm this, but he proves it. Rom.6.14.Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the law but under grace. You are not under a Covenant of Works, but you are under a Covenant of Grace: The Covenant of works did command Obedience, but it did not give any power to obey. As the Egyptians, commanded the Israelites to make brick and gave them no straw to make them with. But in the Covenant ⟨p. 32⟩of Grade, there is a power goes alo•• with the Command, GOD will enab•• them to do what He requires of the• ▪ This Salvation is peculiar to Believer on Jesus Christ, and it is a great deliverance.
(2.) It imply's a deliverance from the dominion of Sin, which indeed is no less a Mercy than deliverance from the damnation of it; for a greater evil cannot befal a poor creature than to be a slave to Sin: Believers are delivered from that slavery: God has made them to be blessed free Men. Joh.8.36. If the Son shall make you free ye shall be free indeed. The Son of God has made Believers on Him free from the power & dominion of Sin. The Apostle does not only affirm this, but he proves it. Rom.6.14.Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the law but under grace. You are not under a Covenant of Works, but you are under a Covenant of Grace: The Covenant of works did command Obedience, but it did not give any power to obey. As the AEygptians, commanded the Israelites to make brick and gave them no straw to make them with. But in the Covenant