Grace defended. A censure on the ungodliness, by which the glorious grace of God, is too commonly abused. A sermon preached on the twenty fifth day of December, 1712. Containing some seasonable admonitions of piety. And concluded, with a brief dissertation on that case, whether the penitent thief on the cross, be an example of one repenting at the last hour, and on such a repentance received unto mercy? / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Isaiah]
- Title
- Grace defended. A censure on the ungodliness, by which the glorious grace of God, is too commonly abused. A sermon preached on the twenty fifth day of December, 1712. Containing some seasonable admonitions of piety. And concluded, with a brief dissertation on that case, whether the penitent thief on the cross, be an example of one repenting at the last hour, and on such a repentance received unto mercy? / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Isaiah]
- Author
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
- Publication
- Boston: :: Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, at his shop in Marlborough Street.,
- 1712.
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- Grace (Theology).
- Christmas.
- Christmas sermons -- 1712.
- Hymns.
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"Grace defended. A censure on the ungodliness, by which the glorious grace of God, is too commonly abused. A sermon preached on the twenty fifth day of December, 1712. Containing some seasonable admonitions of piety. And concluded, with a brief dissertation on that case, whether the penitent thief on the cross, be an example of one repenting at the last hour, and on such a repentance received unto mercy? / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from Isaiah]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N01303.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2025.
Contents
- title page
- Grace Defended. On the Twenty-fifth of December, 1712. BOSTON-Lecture.
- A Few Thoughts on that QUESTION; Whether the Penitent Thief on the Cross, be not an Example of One Repenting at the Last Hour, and on such a Late Repentance received unto Mercy?
- This Vacant Page will be well-filled, with an Hymn of my excellent Friend Mr. WATTS, Entituled, A Complaint of Ingratitude.
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