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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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Nehemiah brought up in the Court of Persia, he was not as other Courtiers, so did not I, says he, because of the Fear of God. Be sure there are two Sins that if a Man hath Grace in his Soul he shall be kept pure from he shall never become Guilty of. One is the Sin against the Holy Ghost. Psa•. 19. 13. I shall be innocent from the great Transgression. The Sin against the Holy Ghost is the great Transgression, but the Gracious Soul shall be kept […] from it. The other Sin that the that have Grace in their Soul ⟨p. 41⟩shall never become Guilty of, is the Sin of Final Impenitence. It is true a good Man may fall into very grievous Sins in an Hour of Temptation: As we see in Peter, a very good Man, yet in an Hour Temptation he fell grievously, but he did not persist in his fall but did immediately repent, he went out and wept bitterly. David Sinned grievously in that matter of Uriah, the Hittite, but he Repented of it and published his Repentance before the whole World, Psalm Fifty-first is the Psalm of Davids Repentance on the account of that grievous Sin. So Solomon was Guilty of great Backsliding from God, but he Repented of it: The Book of Ecclesiastes is the Book of Solomon's Repentance. They that have Grace in their Souls may fall grievously but not utterly, he shall arise a•ain. So we see that Grace is the most Desirable Thing.
Nehemiah brought up in the Court of Persia, he was not as other Courtiers, so did not I, says he, because of the Fear of God. Be sure there are two Sins that if a Man hath Grace in his Soul he shall be kept pure from he shall never become Guilty of. One is the Sin against the Holy Ghost. Psa•. 19. 13. I shall be innocent from the great Transgression. The Sin against the Holy Ghost is the great Transgression, but the Gracious Soul shall be kept 〈…〉 from it. The other Sin that the that have Grace in their Soul ⟨p. 41⟩shall never become Guilty of, is the Sin of Final Impenitence. It is true a good Man may fall into very grievous Sins in an Hour of Temptation: As we see in Peter, a very good Man, yet in an Hour Temptation he fell grievously, but he did not persist in his fall but did immediately repent, he went out and wept bitterly. David Sinned grievously in that matter of Uriah, the Hittite, but he Repented of it and published his Repentance before the whole World, Psalm Fifty-first is the Psalm of Davids Repentance on the account of that grievous Sin. So Solomon was Guilty of great Backsliding from God, but he Repented of it: The Book of Ecclesiastes is the Book of Solomon's Repentance. They that have Grace in their Souls may fall grievously but not utterly, he shall arise aain. So we see that Grace is the most Desireable Thing.