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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.
Now those that are redeemed by Jesus Christ do in all these Respects very directly and entirely depend on God for their all.
First, The Redeemed have all their Good of God. God is the great Author of it; He is the first Cause of it, and not only so but he is the only proper Cause.
'Tis of God that we have our Redeemer. 'Tis God that has provided a Saviour for us. Jesus Christ is not only of God in his Person, as he is ⟨p. 5⟩the only begotten Son of God; but he is from God as we are concerned in him, and in his Office of Mediator; He is the Gift of God to us: God chose and anointed him, appointed him his Work, and sent him into the World.
And as it is God that gives, so 'tis God that accepts the Saviour. As it is God that provides and gives the Redeemer to buy Salvation for us, so it is of God that that Salvation is bought: He gives the Purchaser, and he affords the thing purchased.