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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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2. CONSIDER the Worth of the Soul, It is of Unspeakable Worth. It was good Advice a Religious Man once gave to an Emperor (says he) I advise you every Day to think on think on those Words of Christ, Mat. 16. 26. What shall […] Man give in exchange for his Soul. If a Man […] the whole World and Use his own Soul, what is he pr• ••ed? O that you would think of those Words every Day. Many behave themselves as if their Souls were nothing worth, like that wretched. Man spoken of ⟨p. 21⟩Luk. 12. 19. That said to his Soul, Soul take thin• ease, Eat, Drink and be Merry. One of the Ancients Observes upon it, that if he had had the Soul of a Swine in him he could not have talked more brutishly. Consider the Worth of the Soul, consider what it is capable of What is the Soul of a Man capable of? It is Capable of Divine, Knowledge, of knowing GOD and JESUS CHRIST, Whom to know is Life Eternal. If the Soul be Capable of such Glorious Perfections it ought not to be despised, but we should be Careful for the Salvation of it; we see the Worth of the Soul by the Price that was given for the Salvation of it, Psal. 49. 8. The Redemption of the Soul is precious, and it ••aseth for ever. As to any thing Men can do, or all the World can do to Redeem the Soul it signifies nothing, nothing but ⟨p. 22⟩the Blood of Christ can Redeem the Soul, the which is of Unspeakable Worth and Value.
2. CONSIDER the Worth of the Soul, It is of Unspeakable Worth. It was good Advice a Religious Man once gave to an Emperor (says he) I advise you every Day to think on think on those Words of Christ, Mat. 16. 26. What shall 〈…〉 Man give in exchange for his Soul. If a Man the whole World and Use his own Soul, what is he pr ed? O that you would think of those Words every Day. Many behave themselves as if their Souls were nothing worth, like that wretched. Man spoken of