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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.
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; Eph. VI.16. Above ⟨p. 17⟩all, take the shield of Faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery Darts of the Wicked One. As by Faith we obtain a Victory over the World; [1 Joh. V.4.] So we obtain a Victory over Satan too. He has not such Power over a true Believer, as he has over others.
ACT Faith on the Victory of thy SAVIOUR over Satan; Hoping and Looking for a share in That!
AND by Faith, Look up unto thy SAVIOUR, as unto one who knows how to Succour the Tempted. —
Boston, 23. d. V. m. 1682.