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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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5. Demon. GRACE is the mo•• Needful Thing that can be, that se•• forth the Desirableness of it. N• thing in the World is so Needf•• as for a Man to have Grace […] his Soul. Luk▪ 10. 42. One thi•• is Needful. What is that thing▪ Is it for a Man to have a great Portion in the World, is that th• One thing Needful? No verily▪ if it was, Agur so wise and goo• a Man, would never have prayed to God that he would no• make him a Rich Man, he prayed […] much against Riches as again•• Poverty, says he, Give me neither Poverty nor Riches, Feed me wit• Food convenient for me. That is the One Thing Needful, that will stand a Man in stead in a Dying Hour, when all the World shall forsake him; and that is Grace i• the Soul. Prov. 14. 32. The Righteous hath Hope in his Death. If he is Righteous, if he has ⟨p. 43⟩Grace in his Soul, it will go well with him at his Death. Joh. 8. 51. If a Man keep my saying he shall never see Death. That is Furnal Death, the Death of his Soul, he shall never see it if he has Grace in his Soul. So that Grace is the One thing Needful. I• •ill make a Man have confidence and boldness in the Day of Judgment; when he thinks of the Day of Judgment, he can think of it with Joy and Triumph, 1 Joh. 4. 17. We have Boldness in the Day of Judgment, because as he is so are we in this world. We have the same Grace though in a poor degree, yet of the same Nature that was in the Lord's Heart, therefore have we Boldness in the Day of Judgment; It shall do us no hurt, it will be a happy Day to us; that is most Needful which is Necessary to bring a Man to Heaven. So is Grace