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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.
'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.
'Tis of God that Christ becomes ours, that we are brought to him, and are united to him: 'Tis of God that we receive Faith to close with him, that we may have an Interest in him. Eph. 2.8. For by Grace ye are saved, through Faith; and that not of your selves, it is the Gift of God. 'Tis of God that we actually do receive all the Benefits that Christ has purchased. 'Tis God that pardons and justifies, and delivers from going down to Hell, and 'tis his Favour that the Redeemed are received into, and are made the Objects of, when they are justified. So it is God that delivers from the Dominion of Sin, and cleanses us from our Filthiness, and changes us from our Deformity. 'Tis of God that the Redeemed do receive all their true Excellency, Wisdom and Holiness; and that two Ways, viz. as the Holy Ghost by whom these things are immediately wrought is from God, proceeds from him, and is sent by him; and also as the Holy Ghost himself is God, by whose Operation and Indwelling, the Knowledge of God and divine things, and a holy Disposition, & all Grace are conferred and upheld.