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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. › USE.GOD Glorified in Man's Dependance. › USE.
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And each Person of the Trinity is equally glorified in this Work: There is an absolute Dependence of the Creature on every one for all: All is of the Father, all through the Son, and all ⟨p. 22⟩in the Holy Ghost. Thus God appears in the Work of Redemption, as all in all. 'Tis fit that he that is, and there is none else, should be the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the all and the only, in this Work.
And each Person of the Trinity is equally glorified in this Work: There is an absolute Dependance of the Creature on every one for all: All is of the Father, all through the Son, and all ⟨p. 22⟩in the Holy Ghost. Thus God appears in the Work of Redemption, as all in all. 'Tis fit that he that is, and there is none else, should be the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the all and the only, in this Work.
2. Hence those Doctrines and Schemes of Divinity that are in any Respect opposite to such an absolute, & universal Dependence on God, do derogate from God's Glory, and thwart the Design of the Contrivance for our Redemption. Those Schemes that put the Creature in God's stead, in any of the mentioned Respects, that exalt Man into the Place of either Father, Son, or Holy Ghost, in any thing pertaining to our Redemption; that however they may allow of a Dependence of the Redeemed on God, yet deny a Dependence that is so absolute and universal; that own an entire Dependence on God for some things, but not for others; that own that we depend on God for the Gift and Acceptance of a Redeemer, but deny so absolute a Dependence on him for the obtaining of an Interest in the Redeemer; that own an absolute Dependence on the Father for giving his Son, and on the Son for working out Redemption, but not so entire a Dependence on the Holy Ghost for Conversion, & a being in Christ, & so coming to a 'Title to his Benefits; that own a Dependence on God for means of Grace, but not absolutely for the Benefit and Success of those Means; that own a partial Dependence on the Power of God, for the obtaining & exercising Holiness, but not a mere Dependence on the arbitrary & sovereign Grace of God; that own a Dependence on the