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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.
We have the greater Occasion to take notice of God's All-sufficiency, when all our Sufficiency is thus every Way of him. We have the ⟨p. 19⟩more Occasion to contemplate him as an infinite Good, and as the Fountain of all Good. Such a Dependence on God demonstrates God's All-sufficiency. So much as the Dependence of the Creature is on God, so much the greater does the Creatures Emptiness in himself appear to be: and so much the greater the Creatures Emptiness, so much the greater must the Fullness of the Being be, who supplies him. Our having all of God, shows the Fullness of his Power and Grace: Our having all through him, shows the Fullness of his Merit and Worthiness; and our having all in him demonstrates his Fullness of Beauty, Love and Happiness.
We have the greater Occasion to take notice of God's All-sufficiency, when all our Sufficiency is thus every Way of him. We have the ⟨p. 19⟩more Occasion to contemplate him as an infinite Good, and as the Fountain of all Good. Such a Dependance on God demonstrates God's All-sufficiency. So much as the Dependance of the Creature is on God, so much the greater does the Creatures Emptiness in himself appear to be: and so much the greater the Creatures Emptiness, so much the greater must the Fulness of the Being be, who supplies him. Our having all of God, shews the Fulness of his Power and Grace: Our having all through him, shews the Fulness of his Merit and Worthiness; and our having all in him demonstrates his Fulness of Beauty, Love and Happiness.
And the Redeemed by Reason of the Greatness of their Dependence on God, han't only so much the greater Occasion, but Obligation to contemplate and acknowledge the Glory and Fullness of God. How unreasonable & ungrateful should we be, if we did not acknowledge that Sufficiency and Glory, that we do absolutely, immediately and universally depend upon?
And the Redeemed by Reason of the Greatness of their Dependance on God, han't only so much the greater Occasion, but Obligation to contemplate and acknowledge the Glory and Fulness of God. How unreasonable & ungrateful should we be, if we did not acknowledge that Sufficiency and Glory, that we do absolutely, immediately and universally depend upon?