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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Men are dependent on the Power of God, for every Exercise of Grace, and for carrying on the Work of Grace in the Heart, for the subduing of Sin and Corruption, & increasing holy Principles, and enabling to bring forth Fruit in good Works, and at last bringing Grace to it's Perfection, in making the Soul completely amiable in Christ's glorious Likeness, and filling of it with a satisfying Joy & Blessedness; and for the raising of the Body to Life, and to such a perfect State, that it ⟨p. 11⟩shall be suitable for an Habitation and Organ for a Soul so perfected and blessed. These are the most glorious Effects of the Power of God, that are seen in the Series of God's Acts with Respect to the Creatures.
Men are dependent on the Power of God, for every Exercise of Grace, and for carrying on the Work of Grace in the Heart, for the subduing of Sin and Corruption, & increasing holy Principles, and enabling to bring forth Fruit in good Works, and at last bringing Grace to it's Perfection, in making the Soul compleatly amiable in Christ's glorious Likeness, and filling of it with a satisfying Joy & Blessedness; and for the raising of the Body to Life, and to such a perfect State, that it ⟨p. 11⟩shall be suitable for an Habitation and Organ for a Soul so perfected and blessed. These are the most glorious Effects of the Power of God, that are seen in the Series of God's Acts with Respect to the Creatures.
Man was dependent on the Power of God in his first Estate, but he is more dependent on his Power now; he needs God's Power to do more things for him, and depends on a more wonderful Exercise of his Power. It was an Effect of the Power of God to make Man holy at the first; but more remarkably so now, because there is a great deal of Opposition and Difficulty in the Way. 'Tis a more glorious Effect of Power to make that holy that was so depraved and under the Dominion of Sin, than to confer Holiness on that which before had nothing of the contrary. 'Tis a more glorious Work of Power to rescue a Soul out of the Hands of the Devil, and from the Powers of Darkness, and to bring it into a State of Salvation, than to confer Holiness where there was no Prepossession or Opposition.