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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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Faith is a Sensibleness of what is real in the Work of Redemption; & as we do really wholly depend on God, so the Soul that believes doth entirely depend on God for all Salvation, in its own Sense, & Act. Faith abases Men, & exalts ⟨p. 24⟩God, it gives all the Glory of Redemption to God alone. I is necessary in order to saving Faith, that Man should be emptied of himself, that he should be sensible that he is wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. Humility is a great Ingredient▪ of true Faith: He that truly receives Redemption receives it as a little Child, Mark 10.15. Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of Heaven as a little Child, he shall not enter therein. 'Tis the Delight of a believing Soul to abase it self and exalt God alone: that is the Language of it, Psal. 115.1. Not unto us, not unto us, O Lord, but to thy Name give Glory.
4. Let us be exhorted to exalt God alone, and ascribe to him all the Glory of Redemption. Let us endeavour to obtain, and increase in, a Sensibleness of our great Dependence on God, to have our Eye to him alone, to mortify a self-dependent, and self-righteous Disposition. Man is naturally exceeding Prone to be exalting himself, and depending on his own Power or Goodness, as tho' he were he from whom he must expect Happiness, and to have Respect to Enjoyments alien from God and his Spirit, as those in which Happiness is to be found.
4. Let us be exhorted to exalt God alone, and ascribe to him all the Glory of Redemption. Let us endeavour to obtain, and increase in, a Sensibleness of our great Dependance on God, to have our Eye to him alone, to mortify a self-dependent, and self-righteous Disposition. Man is naturally exceeding Prone to be exalting himself, and depending on his own Power or Goodness, as tho' he were he from whom he must expect Happiness, and to have Respect to Enjoyments aliene from God and his Spirit, as those in which Happiness is to be found.