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Captives bound in chains, made free by Christ their surety
Captives bound in chains, made free by Christ their surety: or, The misery of graceless sinners, and their recovery by Christ their Saviour. By T. Doolittel [sic]. ; [Three lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed by Rogers & Fowle for J. Edwards, 1742
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Liberty to the Captives. › Chapter 9: Containing the 8, 9, 10 Chain or Bond of these Captives.
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. The most, are not the best. The greatest number is of the bad sort of men. Christ's flock is but little, Luk. 12.32. while the Devil hath great droves, Mat. 7.13, 14. If thou wilt follow the multitude they will lead thee to a place of sorrow, Exod. 23.2.
2. At the day of judgment there will be no escaping in a crowd. Thou shalt not speed the better because multitudes sin as well as thou; If thousands continue captives to the Devil, they shall all be damned? God will damn millions of men, rather than falsify his Word, if Men sin in companies, they shall suffer in companies.
2. At the day of judgment there will be no escaping in a croud. Thou shalt not speed the better because multitudes sin as well as thou; If thousands continue captives to the Devil, they shall all be damned? God will damn millions of men, rather than falsifie his Word, if Men sin in companies, they shall suffer in companies.
3. That Multitudes are carried Captives to Hell, will not make thy Chains the lighter, nor thy pains the easier: when thou art in hell, to lye there and look round about thee, and see multitudes there besides thy self, will be no mitigation of thy torments. Multitudes sinning doth not lessen thy sin, and multitudes being Damned will not lessen thy Damnation. God hath wrath enough for thee and them: though he pour out more upon millions, than they can bear, yet he hath enough to inflict on thee, and more than thou canst endure. Wouldst thou be in Turkish slavery, because more are there