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Awakening soul-saving truths, plainly delivered, in several sermons. In which is showed, I. That…Awakening soul-saving truths, plainly delivered, in several sermons. In which is shewed, I. That…
Awakening soul-saving truths, plainly delivered, in several sermons. In which is showed, I. That many are called, who are not effectually called. II. That men may be of the visible church, and yet not be of the Lord's chosen. III. That the chosen of God are comparatively but few. / By Increase Mather. D.D. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]Awakening soul-saving truths, plainly delivered, in several sermons. In which is shewed, I. That many are called, who are not effectually called. II. That men may be of the visible church, and yet not be of the Lord's chosen. III. That the chosen of God are comparatively but few. / By Increase Mather. D.D. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Gray, 1720
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SERMON I.
MATTH. XXII.14. For many are Called, but few are Chosen.
IN the beginning of this Chapter we have a Parable or Similitude, uttered by the sacred Mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ, in which we have first, the thing compare• ▪ namely, The Kingdom of Heave• ⟨p. 2⟩by which we are to understand the Visible Church, especially as under the Heavenly dispensation of the Gospel; the Church of God is a Heavenly Kingdom. In a Kingdom there is a King, and Laws, by which it is governed. So in the Church. Therefore Isaiah said, The Lord is our King, The Lord is our Lawgiver, He shall save us. 2dly, Here is the thing to which it is compared, namely, to a King making a Marriage for his Son, and inviting Guests unto the Wedding; of those that were invited there were some refusers, and some comers; by the refusers the Jews are meant, who refused Christ, refused to submit unto Him as King, by the comers the calling of the Gentiles is intended, and of these there are two sorts, some that came worthily, others that were unworthy guests, intimating that in the Church of God there are some that are sincere and godly. Others that ae not so, only externally and professedly