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A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, showing, I. That…A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, shewing, I. That…
A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, showing, I. That true believers on Jesus Christ may be assured, of the salvation of their souls. II. That spiritual wisdom, or grace in the soul, is of all things the most desirable. III. That there is none whose dignity and glory may be compared with that which belongs to our Lord Jesus Christ. / Being the three last sermons preached by Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Five lines from Hebrews]A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, shewing, I. That true believers on Jesus Christ may be asured, of the salvation of their souls. II. That spiritual wisdom, or grace in the soul, is of all things the most desireable. III. That there is none whose dignity and glory may be compared with that which belongs to our Lord Jesus Christ. / Being the three last sermons preached by Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Five lines from Hebrews]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for J. Edwards, 1722
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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.
THE PREFACE TO THE READER.
SOME Tears are past, since a Minister who Lived Fifty Miles from Boston, (and is since gone to his Everlasting Rest) Wrote to me, desiring, that I would print more of my Sermons, Because (as he said) they found great Acceptance in the Country; many Professing that they had been Edified by such of them is they had seen; If it were so, I acknowledge no ⟨p. 2⟩Honour is Due to me, or to any of my poor Performances; But unto that Free Grace, that dub sometimes give Favour unto them, that are not Men of Skill.
SOME Tears are past, since a Minister who Lived Fifty Miles from Boston, (and is since gone to his Everlasting Rest) Wrote to me, desiring, that I would print more of my Sermons, Because (as he said) they found great Acceptance in the Country; many Professing that they had been Edi•yed by such of them is they had seen; If it were so, I acknowledge no ⟨p. 2⟩Honour is Due to me, or to any of my poor Performances; But unto that Free Grace, that dub sometimes give Favour unto them, that are not Men of Skill.
OLD Age has so Debilitated me that I have no Hopes of Preaching another Sermon. Besides my Right Hand is become Paralitical, and shakes after that manner that I cannot Write any Long Discourse, which gives me • Supersede as from Preaching. I used to Write largely; tho' I bless GOD for my Memory. I never made use of […] ••ies in the P•lpil.