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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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Hence we may see how that the Death of Christ did not only make Atonement, but also merited eternal Life; and hence we may see how by the Blood of Christ we are not only redeemed from Sin, but redeemed unto ⟨p. 72⟩God; and therefore the Scripture seems every where to attribute the whole of Salvation to the Blood of Christ: This precious Blood is as much the main Price by which Heaven is purchased, as 'tis the main Price by which we are redeemed from Hell. The positive Righteousness of Christ, or that Price by which he merited, was of equal Value with that by which he satisfied; for indeed it was the same Price: He spilled his Blood to satisfy, and by Reason of the infinite Dignity of his Person, his Sufferings were looked upon as of infinite Value, and equivalent to the eternal Sufferings of a finite Creature: And he spilled his Blood out of Respect to the Honour of God's Majesty, and in Submission to his Authority, who had commanded him so to do, and his Obedience there in was of infinite Value; both because of the Dignity of the Person that performed it, and because he put himself to infinite Expense to perform it, whereby the infinite Degree of his Regard to God's Authority appeared.
Hence we may see how that the Death of Christ did not only make Atonement, but also merited eternal Life; and hence we may see how by the Blood of Christ we are not only redeemed from Sin, but redeemed unto ⟨p. 72⟩God; and therefore the Scripture seems every where to attribute the whole of Salvation to the Blood of Christ: This precious Blood is as much the main Price by which Heaven is purchased, as 'tis the main Price by which we are redeemed from Hell. The positive Righteousness of Christ, or that Price by which he merited, was of equal Value with that by which he satisfied; for indeed it was the same Price: He spill'd his Blood to satisfy, and by Reason of the infinite Dignity of his Person, his Sufferings were looked upon as of infinite Value, and equivalent to the eternal Sufferings of a finite Creature: And he spill'd his Blood out of Respect to the Honour of God's Majesty, and in Submission to his Authority, who had commanded him so to do, and his Obedience there in was of infinite Value; both because of the Dignity of the Person that performed it, and because he put himself to infinite Expence to perform it, whereby the infinite Degree of his Regard to God's Authority appear'd.