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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sovereign Grace Proclaimed. › Sermon 1: SERMON, I.Soveraign Grace Proclaimed. › Sermon 1: SERMON, I.
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.
(5.) In this Salvation, positive […] is implied. God will give Grace a•• Glory, and no good thing will He […] hold from Believers in Christ. God […] not indeed Promised them any great m•• ter as to Temporal good, as to Tempo••• blessings to be bestowed on them; […] indeed there are but few of them […] have much of these blessings. Jam. […] God hath chosen the peer of this world […] ⟨p. 35⟩in Faith. But then God has promised them Spiritual blessings, which are far better and more desirable. Eph. 1. 3. He hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. The positive g•od implied in this Salvation is in Scripture called Eternal Life. One Scripture says, He that believes shall be saved; another Scripture expresseth the same thing, by saying, He that believes has everlasting life: Everlasting life consists chiefly in a full and eternal enjoyment of God: nothing can make a Man happy without the enjoyment of the Chief good, and that is God. Psal.48.14. This God is our God for ever & ever, He will be our guide even unto death. This is Salvation, the great Salvation, to have God for our God, and that for ever and ever.
(5.) In this Salvation, positive 〈…〉 is implyed. God will give Grace a•• Glory, and no good thing will He 〈…〉 hold from Believers in Christ. God 〈…〉 not indeed Promist them any great m•• ter as to Temporal good, as to Tempo••• blessings to be bestowed on them; 〈…〉 indeed there are but few of them 〈…〉 have much of these blessings. Jam. 〈…〉 God hath chosen the peer of this world