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A call to the tempted. A sermon on the horrid crime of self-murder, preached…
A call to the tempted. A sermon on the horrid crime of self-murder, preached on a remarkable occasion, / by the memorable Dr. Increase Mather. ; And now published from his notes, for a charitable stop to suicides. ; [Five lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1723
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.
Finally; BEWARE of Backslidings from GOD, and from good Beginnings in Religion. Remember that Word; Hos. VIII.3. He hath cast off the thing that is Good; the Enemy shall pursue him. Some have left off Prayer in their Families; Left off their Attendance on Lectures; Left off ⟨p. 16⟩Godly Exercises which they have been used unto. Therefore the Enemy of their Souls is let loose upon them; and he Pursues them, even to Self-Destruction.
Finally; BEWARE of Backslidings from GOD, and from good Beginnings in Religion. Remember that Word; Hos. VIII.3. He hath cast off the thing that is Good; the Enemy shall pursue him. Some have left off Prayer in their Families; Left off their Attendence on Lectures; Left off ⟨p. 16⟩Godly Exercises which they have been used unto. Therefore the Enemy of their Souls is let loose upon them; and he Pursues them, even to Self-Destruction.
— How, Resist Him? Do it by Crying to GOD. — If the Avenger pursue thee, fly to a CHRIST, as the City of Refuge. Resist the Devil! — the next Words are, Draw nigh to GOD.