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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.
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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.
The Saints have both their spiritual Excellency and Blessedness by the Gift of the Holy Ghost, or Spirit of God, and his Dwelling in them. They are not only caused by the Holy Ghost, but are in the Holy Ghost as their Principle. The Holy Spirit becoming an Inhabitant, is a vital Principle in the Soul: He acting in, upon and with the Soul, becomes a Fountain of true Holiness and Joy, as a Spring is of Water, by the Exertion and Diffusion of it self. John 4.14. But whosoever drinketh of the Water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the Water that I shall give him, shall be in him a Well of Water springing up into everlasting Life. Compared with Chap. 7.38, 39. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his Belly shall flow Rivers of living Water; but this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive. The Sum of ⟨p. 16⟩