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Question whether God is not angry with the country for doing so little towards…
Question whether God is not angry with the country for doing so little towards the conversion of the Indians? This is spoken to in the following discourse by the Reverend and learned Mr. Solomon Stoddard of North-Hampton.
printed by B. Green, 1723
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QUESTION Whether GOD is not Angry with the Country for doing so lit… › DOCTRINE,
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.
1. Reas. Because it was […] of old. God out of singular love to Abraham comforted him […] the nations of the earth should be blessed in his seed, God delighted in his obedience, and promises that as a reward of it, Gen. 22.18. Abraham offered his son to God, and God rewarded him, giving a Son that should be the Saviour of Mankind. So God promised it to Christ, as the reward of his Service; the Service that God called him to, was very great, it was a mighty undertaking to lay down his life for Sinners; for the Beloved Son of God to bear the wrath of God! And God promised a large Kingdom as the reward of that Service. Isa. 33.12. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spent with the stren•: because be poured •t his soul unto death. Isa 49.6. It is a light thing with me that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, & to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that […] mayst be my salvation unto the end of the earth. And long before, He made a promise by Noah, Gen. 9.27. God shall enlarge Jap et, and he shall dwell in the tents of She•; he shall be incorporated with the Church. There were promises also to the Posterity of Hom. Isa. 39.24. In that day shall Isrect be the third •th Egypt, and with […], &c. God remembered these promises, and showed himself faithful to perform them.
1. Reas. Because it was 〈…〉 of old. God out of singular love to Abraham comforted him 〈…〉 the nations of the earth should be blessed in his seed, God delighted in his obedience, and promises that as a reward of it, Gen. 22.18. Abraham offered his son to God, and God rewarded him, giving a Son that should be the Saviour of Mankind. So God promised it to Christ, as the reward of his Service; the Service that God called him to, was very great, it was a mighty undertaking to lay down his life for Sinners; for the Beloved Son of God to bear the wrath of God! And God promised a large Kingdom as the reward of that Service.