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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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Quest. 3. How it does appear that the Salvation of Believers is to be ascribed wholly to the Grace of God?
Ans. This is evident, 1. In that Go• does not stand in any need of Men. Job. 2 2, 3. Can a man be profitable unto God, as […] that is wise may be profitable unto himself. Is it any gain to him if thou makest thy […] perfect? No, therefore David says, Psa• ▪ 16. 2, 3. My goodness extendeth not to th•• but to the saints on the earth. Men […] be the better for us, may have adva• tages more ways than one by us, but God is not advantaged by any thing we c•• do. God indeed has commanded Men th•• they should Pray to Him, that th•• should Worship Him; but it is not because He stands in need of any of the•• Services. Acts 17.25. God is not worshipped as tho' he needed any thing, seeing […] giveth to all life & breath and all things▪ He that has given all things to all, c•• need none. God may say to the greate•• Man in the World, I have no need of thee God may say to the wisest Man in t•• World, I have no need of thee; He […] say to the best Man in the World, I ha•• no need of thee; He has better Creatures than Men are, Ten thousand time ten thousand of them, holy Angels th•• never sinned against Him, yet He […] ⟨p. 39⟩