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Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be looked for. A wise expectation…Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be look'd for. A wise expectation…
Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be looked for. A wise expectation of, and preparation for, troublesome changes, recommended unto the strangers and pilgrims in this present evil world / by Cotton Mather D.D. and F.R.S. ; [One line from Matthew]Tela praevisa. A short essay, on troubles to be look'd for. A wise expectation of, and preparation for, troublesome changes, recommended unto the strangers and pilgrims in this present evil world / by Cotton Mather D.D. and F.R.S. ; [One line from Matthew]
printed by B. Green for Thomas Hancock, 1724
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
First; By some Souls Returning to GOD, and ⟨p. 17⟩Repairing to their SAVIOUR, this is a Thing that is Greatly Feared; My SAVIOUR will not Receive such a Sinner. But be not Afraid, O Soul, flying to thy SAVIOUR. This is a thing that will never come upon thee. The First Sinners were Afraid, as soon as they began to Reflect on what they had done. Ever since it has been so; Guilt will fill Sinners with Fear. They that see their Sins to have been Many, and Heinous, and Long persisted in, are often Afraid, That they cannot find a Favourable Reception with their SAVIOUR. But as the Angel said unto the Shepherds, Luk. II. 10. Fear not, for unto you there is born a SAVIOUR: So may it be said unto all Sinners, even unto the chief of Sinners; Fear not, but come to your SAVIOUR, and you shall be welcome to Him. O comer to thy SAVIOUR; Dost thou Fear, that if thou come to thy SAVIOUR, and Ask of Him, and Lean on Him, to make thee Righteous & Holy, and bring thee home to GOD, He will reject thy Prayer, and make thee Ashamed of thy Hope? There is no Fear of it; This is a Thing that will never come upon thee; A LORD who is Good unto the Soul that seeks Him, never dealt so, with any that in Earnest sought unto Him. Hast thou not the word of thy SAVIOUR for it, Joh. VI. 37. Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast cut? And canst thou be Afraid, that He will not be True to His Word? It is a most Heart-melting Thought, with which thou mayst be comforted. When our SAVIOUR underwent all the Sorrow of the Things that were done unto Him, in the Day wherein He was […] ⟨p. 18⟩from the fierce Anger of GOD, What was it that His Blessed Soul then Travailed for? No little part of the Joy set before Him, was this fruit of His Horrid Sufferings; That He should see the Children of Men come unto Him for His Mercies. Ah, Distressed Sinner: When thy SAVIOUR sees thee come unto Him for His Mercies, He sees what His Blessed Soul Travailed for, and what He Joyfully Esteemed a Recompense of His Bitter Sufferings. And canst thou be Afraid, That He, will not Receive thee, in thy coming to Him? Oh! Fear it not. A Rejection from thy SAVIOUR, is a Thing that cannot come upon thee. No; Be thy Sins, of never such a Scarlet and Crimson Aspect, it cannot come upon thee.