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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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These Things don't necessarily suppose that Repentance and Faith are Words of just the same Signification; for 'tis only so much in justifying Faith, as respects the Evil to be delivered from, by the Saviour, that is called Repentance: And besides, both Repentance and Faith, take them only in their general Nature, and they are entirely distinct; Repentance is a Sorrow for Sin, and forsaking of it; and Faith is a trusting in God's Sufficiency and Truth: But Faith and Repentance, as evangelical Duties, or justifying Faith, and Repentance for Remission of Sins, contain more in them, and imply a Respect to a Mediator, & involve each others Nature*; ⟨p. 112⟩though it be true, that they still bear the Name of Faith and Repentance, from those general moral Virtues, that Repentance which is a Duty of natural Religion, and that Faith that was a Duty required under the first Covenant, that are contained in this evangelical Act; which severally appear, when this Act is considered with Respect to its different Terms and Objects, that it is conversant about.
These Things don't necessarily suppose that Repentance and Faith are Words of just the same Signification; for 'tis only so much in justifying Faith, as respects the Evil to be delivered from, by the Saviour, that is called Repentance: And besides, both Repentance and Faith, take them only in their general Nature, and they are entirely distinct; Repentance is a Sorrow for Sin, and forsaking of it; and Faith is a trusting in God's Sufficiency and Truth: But Faith and Repentance, as evangelical Duties, or justifying Faith, and Repentance for Remission of Sins, contain more in them, and imply a Respect to a Mediator, & involve each others Nature*; ⟨p. 112⟩though it be true, that they still bear the Name of Faith and Repentance, from those general moral Virtues, that Repentance which is a Duty of natural Religion, and that Faith that was a Duty required under the first Covenant, that are contained in this evangelical Act; which severally appear, when this Act is consider'd with Respect to its different Terms and Objects, that it is conversant about.