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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. The Redeemed have all their objective Good in God. God himself is the great Good which they are brought to the Possession and Enjoyment of by Redemption. He is the highest Good, & the Sum of all that Good which Christ purchased. God is the Inheritance of the Saints; he is the Portion of their Souls. God is their Wealth and Treasure, their Food, their Life, their dwelling Place, their Ornament and Diadem, and their everlasting Honour and Glory. They have none in Heaven but God; he is the great Good which the Redeemed are received to at Death, and which they are to rise to at the End of the World. The Lord God He is the Light of the heavenly Jerusalem; and is the River of the Water of Life that runs, and the Tree of Life that grows, in the midst of the Paradise of God. The glorious Excellencies and Beauty of God will be what will for ever entertain the Minds of the Saints, and the Love of God will be their everlasting Feast. The Redeemed will indeed enjoy other things; they will enjoy the Angels, and will enjoy one another: but that which they shall enjoy in the Angels, or each other, or in any thing else whatsoever, that will yield them Delight and Happiness, will be what will be seen of God in them.
2. The Redeemed have all their inherent Good in God. Inherent Good is twofold; 'tis either Excellency or Pleasure. These the Redeemed not ⟨p. 15⟩only derive from God, as caused by him, but have them in him. They have spiritual Excellency and Joy by a kind of Participation of God. They are made excellent by a Communication of God's Excellency: God puts his own Beauty, i. e. his beautiful Likeness upon their Souls: They are made Partakers of the divine Nature, or moral Image of God, 2 Pet. 1.4. They are holy by being made Partakers of God's Holiness, Heb. 12.10. The Saints are beautiful and blessed by a Communication of God's Holiness and Joy as the Moon and Planets are bright by the Sun's Light. The Saint hath spiritual Joy and Pleasure by a kind of Effusion of God on the Soul. In these things the Redeemed have Communion with God; that is, they partake with him and of him.