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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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When Christ had once undertaken with God, to stand for us, and put himself under our Law, by that Law he was obliged to suffer and by the same Law he was obliged to obey: By the same Law, after he had taken Man's Guilt upon him▪ he himself being our Surety, could not be acquitted, till he had suffered, nor ⟨p. 62⟩rewarded 'till he had obeyed: But he was not acquitted as a private Person, but as our Head, and Believers are acquitted in his Acquittance; nor was he accepted to a Reward for his Obedience as a private Person, but as our Head, and we are accepted to a Reward in his Acceptance. The Scripture teaches us, that when Christ was raised from the dead, he was justified; which Justification as I have already shown, implies, both his Acquittance from our Guilt, and •is Acceptance to the Exaltation and Glory that was the Reward of his Obedience: But believers, as soon as they Believe are admitted to partake with Christ in this his Justification: Hence we are told that he was raised again for our Justification, Rom 4. 25. Which is true, not only of that Part of his Justification that consists in his Acquittance; but also his Acceptance to his Reward: The Scripture teaches us that he is exalted, and gone to Heaven, to take Possession of Glory in our Name, as our forerunner. Heb 6 20 We are as it were both raised up together with Christ, and also made to set together with Christ, in heavenly Places, and in Him. Eph 2. 6.
When Christ had once undertaken with God, to stand for us, and put himself under our Law, by that Law he was obliged to suffer and by the same Law he was obliged to obey: By the same Law, after he had taken Man's Guilt upon him▪ he himself being our Surety, could not be acquitted, till he had suffer'd, nor ⟨p. 62⟩rewarded 'till he had obey'd: But he was not acquitted as a private Person, but as our Head, and Believers are acquitted in his Acquittance; nor was he accepted to a Reward for his Obedience as a private Person, but as our Head, and we are accepted to a Reward in his Acceptance. The Scripture teaches us, that when Christ was raised from the dead, he was justified; which Justification as I have already shewn, implies, both his Acquittance from our Guilt, and is Acceptance to the Exaltation and Glory that was the Reward of his Obedience: But believers, as soon as they Believe are admitted to partake with Christ in this his Justification: Hence we are told that he was raised again for our Justification, Rom 4. 25. Which is true, not only of that Part of his Justification that consists in his Acquittance; but also his Acceptance to his Reward: The Scripture teaches us that he is exalted, and gone to Heaven, to take Possession of Glory in our Name, as our forerunner. Heb 6 20 We are as it were both raised up together with Christ, and also made to set together with Christ, in heavenly Places, and in Him. Eph 2. 6.