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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.
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. Luke 11.21, 22. When a strong Man armed keepeth his Palace his Goods are in Peace; but when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he taketh from him all his Armour wherein he trusted and divideth his Spoils. So 'tis a more glorious Work of Power to uphold a Soul in a State of Grace and Holiness, and to carry it on till it is brought to Glory, when there is so much Sin remaining in the Heart, resisting, and Satan with all his Might opposing, than it would have been to have kept Man from falling at first, when Satan had nothing in Man.
Thus we have shown how the Redeemed are dependent on God for all their Good as they have all of him.
Thus we have shewn how the Redeemed are dependent on God for all their Good as they have all of him.
Secondly, They are also dependent on God for all, as they have all through him. 'Tis God that is the Medium of it, as well as the Author and Fountain of it. All that we have, Wisdom, and the Pardon of Sin, Deliverance from Hell, Acceptance into God's Favour, Grace and Holiness, true Comfort and Happiness, eternal Life and Glory, we have from God by a Mediator; and this Mediator is God; which Mediator we have an absolute Dependence upon, as He through whom we receive all. So that here is another Way wherein we have our Dependence on God for all Good. God not only gives us the Mediator, and accepts his Mediation, and of his Power & Grace bestows the things purchased by the Mediator, but he is the Mediator.