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God glorified in the work of redemption, by the greatness of man's dependence upon…God glorified in the work of redemption, by the greatness of man's dependance upon…
God glorified in the work of redemption, by the greatness of man's dependence upon him, in the whole of it. A sermon preached on the public lecture in Boston, July 8. 1731. : And published at the desire of several, ministers and others, in Boston, who heard it. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Two lines from Judges]God glorified in the work of redemption, by the greatness of man's dependance upon him, in the whole of it. A sermon preached on the publick lecture in Boston, July 8. 1731. : And published at the desire of several, ministers and others, in Boston, who heard it. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Two lines from Judges]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for D. Henchman, 1731
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GOD Glorified in Man's Dependence.GOD Glorified in Man's Dependance.
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.
Here I propose to show, 1. That there is an absolute & universal Dependence of the Redeemed on God for all their Good. And 2. That God hereby is exalted and glorified in the Work of Redemption.
Here I propose to shew, 1. That there is an absolute & universal Dependance of the Redeemed on God for all their Good. And 2. That God hereby is exalted and glorified in the Work of Redemption.
I. There is an absolute and universal Dependence of the Redeemed on God. The Nature and Contrivance of our Redemption is such, that the Redeemed are in every thing directly, immediately, and entirely dependent on God: They are dependent on him for all, and are dependent on him every Way.
I. There is an absolute and universal Dependance of the Redeemed on God. The Nature and Contrivance of our Redemption is such, that the Redeemed are in every thing directly, immediately, and intirely dependent on God: They are dependent on him for all, and are dependent on him every Way.
The several Ways wherein the Dependence of one Being may be upon another for its Good, and wherein the Redeemed of Jesus Christ depend on God for all their Good, are these, viz. That they have all their Good of him, and that they have all through him, and that they have all in him: That he be the Cause and Original whence all their Good comes, therein it is of him; and that he be the Medium by which it is obtained and conveyed, therein they have it through him; and that he be that Good it self that is given and conveyed, therein it is in him.
The several Ways wherein the Dependance of one Being may be upon another for its Good, and wherein the Redeemed of Jesus Christ depend on God for all their Good, are these, viz. That they have all their Good of him, and that they have all through him, and that they have all in him: That he be the Cause and Original whence all their Good comes, therein it is of him; and that he be the Medium by which it is obtained and conveyed, therein they have it through him; and that he be that Good it self that is given and conveyed, therein it is in him.