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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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The Psalmist in Psalm 32 speaking of the Blessedness of the Men whose Transgression is forgiven, and whose Sin is covered, to whom the Lord imputes not Sin, says, that while he kept Silence, his Bones waxed old, but then he acknowledged his Sin unto God, his Iniquity he did not hide, he said he would confess his Transgression to the Lord, and then God forgave the Iniquity of his Sin. The Manner of ⟨p. 109⟩Expression plainly holds forth that then he began to encourage himself in the Mercy of God, when before his Bones waxed old, while he kept Silence; and therefore the Apostle Paul in the 4 of Romans brings this Instance, to confirm the Doctrine of Justification by Faith alone, that he had been insisting on. When Sin is aright confessed to God, there is always Faith in that Act: That confessing of Sin that is joined with Despair, such as was in Judas, is not the Confession to which the promise is made. In Acts 2. 38. the Direction that was given to those that were pricked in their Heart, with a Sense of the Guilt of Sin, was to repent & be baptised in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the Remission of their Sins. A being baptised in the Name of Christ for the Remission of Sins, implied Faith in Christ for the Remission of Sins. Repentance for the Remission of Sins, was typified of old by the Priests confessing the Sins of the People over the Scape-Goat, laying his Hands on him, Lev. 16. 21. denoting that 'tis that Repentance and Confession of Sin only that obtains Remission, that is made over the Scape-Goat, over Christ the great Sacrifice, and with Dependence on him. Many other Things might be produced from the Scripture, that do in like manner confirm this Point, but these may be sufficient.
The Psalmist in Psalm 32 speaking of the Blessedness of the Men whose Transgression is forgiven, and whose Sin is covered, to whom the Lord imputes not Sin, says, that while he kept Silence, his Bones waxed old, but then he acknowleged his Sin unto God, his Iniquity he did not hide, he said he would confess his Transgression to the Lord, and then God forgave the Iniquity of his Sin. The Manner of