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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. That the Salvation of Men is from Sovereign Grace, special favour, and not any desert of theirs, is manifest in that they are not worthy that God should bestow Salvation on them, but the contrary. The best Man in the World is not worthy of the least Mercy. Was there a better Man in the World in his time than Jacob? Yet he says, and speaks very truly in it, Gen. 32. 10. I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies. Men are not worthy of any temporal Salvation to be vouchsafed unto them, much less of eternal Salvation. God said to Israel, when He promised Salvation to them, Ezek. 36. 32. Not for your sakes do I this, be it known unto you, O house of Israel, but for my own sake. Not for any desert of yours, but that I may make known my own Name, my Grace, Goodness, Mercy, ⟨p. 40⟩therefore will I do it. They that have Grace wrought in their Souls are very sensible of their own unworthiness. Th•• we see in the Centurion, Mat.8.8. Lord (says he) I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof. And we see it in […] Converted Prodigal, he was made se••• ble of his own Unworthiness; Luk. 1• ▪ 21. I am no more worthy to be called […] son. I say, Men are not worthy of S•• vation but the contrary; they are worthy of Damnation: they that dese•• Damnation, it is impossible they should deserve Salvation; yet this every M•• in the World has done, deserved Death and eternal Damnation. All Men in […] World are Sinners in the fight of G•• Rom.3.23. All have sinned and come sh••• of the glory of God. Adam sell short, […] did not hold on in the way of Obedience all his Posterity, all the Men in […] World are guilty of Adams Sin, it is become theirs; and they are guilty of Original Sin, an evil Nature, that […] might justly send them from the Wom to the Grave, so to Hell for ever. […] if they see a Serpent they will kill hi tho' that Serpent never hurt any one; […]