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Discourses on various important subjects, nearly concerning the great affair of the soul's eternal…
Discourses on various important subjects, nearly concerning the great affair of the soul's eternal salvation, viz. I. Justification by faith alone. II. Pressing into the Kingdom of God. III. Ruth's resolution. IV. The justice of God in the damnation of sinners. V. The excellency of Jesus Christ. : Delivered at Northampton, chiefly at the time of the late wonderful pouring out of the spirit of God there. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Three lines from Deuteronomy]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1738
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If there were no other Text in the Bible about Justification but this, this would clearly and invincibly prove that we are not justified by any of our own Goodness, Virtue, or Righteousness or for the Excellency or Righteousness of any Thing that we have done in Religion; because 'tis here so fully and strongly asserted: But this Text does abundantly confirm other Texts of the Apostle, where he denies Justification by Works of the Law: There is no doubt can be rationally ⟨p. 45⟩made but that, when the Apostle here shows that God saves us according to his Mercy, in that he don't save us by Works of Righteousness that we have done, v. 5, And that so we are justified by Grace. v. 7. herein opposing Salvation by Works, and Salvation by Grace, he means the same Works as he does in other Places, where he in like manner opposes Works and Grace, the same Works as in Rom 11. 6▪ And if by Grace then it is no more of Works; otherwise Grace is no more Grace: But if it be of Works, then it is no more Grace; otherwise Work is no more Work. And the same Works as in Rom. 4. 4▪ Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of Grace but of Debt. And the same Works that are spoken of in the Context of the 24. v. of the foregoing Chapter, which the Apostle there calls Works of the Law, being justified freely by his Grace—And of the 4 Chap. 16. v. Therefore 'tis of Faith, that it might be by Grace. Where in the Context, the Righteousness of Faith, is opposed to the Righteousness of the Law: For here God's saving us according to his Mercy, and justifying us by Grace, is opposed to saving us by Works of Righteousness that we have done, in the same manner as in those Places justifying us by his Grace, is opposed to justifying us by Works of the Law
If there were no other Text in the Bible about Justification but this, this would clearly and invincibly prove that we are not justified by any of our own Goodness, Vertue, or Righteousness or for the Excellency or Righteousness of any Thing that we have done in Religion; because 'tis here so fully and strongly asserted: But this Text does abundantly confirm other Texts of the Apostle, where he denies Justification by Works of the Law: There is no doubt can be rationally ⟨p. 45⟩