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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
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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.
— 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.
BUT then, Employ the Word of GOD, for the Resisting of the Temptation. — It was Luther's Method. — Yea, our JESUS has given us a Pattern of it; — It is Written!
BUT then, Employ the Word of GOD, for the Resisting of the Temptation. — It was Luthers Method. — Yea, our JESUS has given us a Pattern of it; — It is Written!
DO one thing more, Discover the Temptations of the Devil. Make a Discovery, not unadvisedly unto all the World; but unto some Faithful Minister, or unto some other Able Christian. One that cut his own Throat a while ago, said before his Expiration; O! That I had Told, how I was Tempted! If I had, I believe I should never have come to This!
Fourthly. ABOVE All, a True Faith is to be Laboured for. By Faith Embrace an offered SAVIOUR; This will keep thee from the Destroyer. Being by Faith, safe in the Hands of thy Saviour, the Devil shall not pluck thee out of those hands. Tis directed;