A sermon, preached September 20th, 1793 : a day set apart, in the city of New-York, for public fasting, humiliation and prayer, on account of a malignant and mortal fever prevailing in the city of Philadelphia / by John Mitchel Mason, Minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in the city of New-York.

  • John M. Mason
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MDCCXCIII [1793]
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Credit: A sermon, preached September 20th, 1793 : a day set apart, in the city of New-York, for public fasting, humiliation and prayer, on account of a malignant and mortal fever prevailing in the city of Philadelphia / by John Mitchel Mason, Minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in the city of New-York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To frame excufes for our rebellion againft: the majefty in the heavens; or to foften down, by partial tendemefs, our heinous violations of the Divine law, difcovers an ignorant mind, and an unhumbled heart: It is, in effect, to fay, the isjays of the Lord are not equal*. We may, in- deed, imagine ourfelves hardly treated : But if we compare the bed of our fancied claims to the indulgence of God, with the tremendous char- ges he may juftly bring againft us, the lips of murmur will be filenced ; the rifing difcontent fupprefled ; and, overwhelmed with deep confu- fion, we will be conftraincd to acknowledge the rectitude of Jehovah's appointments. The Judge of all the earth]y who invariably does right, muft be jufiified when he j'peahth, and be when he judgeth\. Before his equal bar every mouth /hall be flopped, and all the world become guilty §. Woe, then, to him thai tvith his maker I. The wifsft, the fafeft, the mod honorable conduct, in diis hour of peril, is to humble ourfelves under the mighty hand of God^y and to plead guilty to the heavy accufa- * EzcL xviii, 25. f Gen. xvm, 2c \ Pf. lt, 4.. § Rom. in, 19. [I If. xlv, 9. f Pet v, 6.
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