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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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A• for the Sermons now Published, One who has the Pen of a Ready Writer Transcribed them, and first them unto me; having […] them; I find they agree with what I delivered. I look upon these as my Last Sermons. And therefore have Given them the Name of my Dying Legacy. Indeed since these ⟨p. 3⟩Sermons were Preached I entertained the Congregation with another short Discourse, not Worthy the Name of a Sermon, so that (as I before said) I take these to be my Last.
A• for the Sermons now Published, One who has the Pen of a Ready Writer Transcribed them, and first them unto me; having 〈…〉 them; I find they agree with what I delivered. I look upon these as my Last Sermons. And therefore have Given them the Name of my Dying Legacy. Indeed since these ⟨p. 3⟩Sermons were Preached I entertained the Congregation with another short Discourse, not Worthy the Name of a Sermon, so that (as I before said) I take these to be my Last.
THE First Sermon that ever I Preached in Boston, was in the Year 1661, immediately upon my Coming from England. I was then in the Twenty-Second Year of my Age: And had been several Years a Preacher of the Gospel in other Parts of the World, and I have (through Grace) continued to Preach the Gospel of CHRIST here in Boston until the end of the Eighty-Third Year of my Age, which is above Sixty Years. But (which I rejoice at) I have known many who have done more Good in a few Years then I (an Unprofitable Servant) may pretend unto in many.
THE First Sermon that ever I Preached in Boston, was in the Year 1661, immediately upon my Coming from England. I was then in the Twenty-Second Year of my Age: And had been several Years a Preacher of the Gospel in other Parts of the World, and I have (through Grace) continued to Preach the Gospel of CHRIST here in Boston until the end of the Eighty-Third Year of my Age, which is above Sixty Years. But (which I rejoyce at) I have known many who have done more Good in a few Years then I (an Unprofitable Servant) may pretend unto in many.