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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.
1. Of the Grace of God. It was of mere Grace that God gave us his only begotten Son. The Grace is great in proportion to the Dignity and Excellency of what is given: The Gift was infinitely precious, because it was of a Person infinitely worthy, a Person of infinite Glory: and also because it was of a Person infinitely near and dear to God. The Grace is great in proportion to the Benefit we have given us in him: The Benefit is doubly infinite in that in him we have Deliverance from an infinite, because an eternal Misery, and do also receive eternal Joy and Glory. The Grace in bestowing this Gift is great in proportion to our Unworthiness to whom it is given; instead of deserving such a Gift, we merited infinitely ill of God's Hands. The Grace is great according to the Manner of giving, or in proportion to the Humiliation & Expense of the Method & Means by which Way is made for our having of the Gift. He gave him to us dwelling amongst us; he gave ⟨p. 7⟩him to us incarnate, or in our own Nature; he gave him to us in our Nature, in the like Infirmities, in which we have it in our fallen State, and which in us do accompany, and are occasioned by, the sinful Corruption of our Nature. He gave him to us in a low and afflicted State; and not only so but he gave him to us slain that he might be a Feast for our Souls.
1. Of the Grace of God. It was of meer Grace that God gave us his only begotten Son. The Grace is great in proportion to the Dignity and Excellency of what is given: The Gift was infinitely precious, because it was of a Person infinitely worthy, a Person of infinite Glory: and also because it was of a Person infinitely near and dear to God. The Grace is great in proportion to the Benefit we have given us in him: The Benefit is doubly infinite in that in him we have Deliverance from an infinite, because an eternal Misery, and do also receive eternal Joy and Glory. The Grace in bestowing this Gift is great in proportion to our Unworthiness to whom it is given; instead of deserving such a Gift, we merited infinitely ill of God's Hands. The Grace is great according to the Manner of giving, or in proportion to the Humiliation & Expence of the Method & Means by which Way is made for our having of the Gift. He gave him to us dwelling amongst us; he gave ⟨p. 7⟩him to us incarnate, or in our own Nature; he gave him to us in our Nature, in the like Infirmities, in which we have it in our fallen State, and which in us do accompany, and are occasion'd by, the sinful Corruption of our Nature. He gave him to us in a low and afflicted State; and not only so but he gave him to us slain that he might be a Feast for our Souls.