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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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It may be objected here, that the Scripture sometimes mentions Faith and Repentance together, as if they were entirely distinct Things; as in Mark 1. 15 Repent ye, and believe the Gospel. But there is no need of understanding these as two distinct Conditions of Salvation, but the Words are exegetical one of another: It is to teach us after what Manner we must repent, viz. as believing the Gospel, and after what Manner we must believe the Gospel, viz. as repenting: These Words no more prove Faith and Repentance to be entirely distinct, than those forementioned Matth. 21. 32 And ye when ye had seen it, repented not afterwards, that ye might believe him. Or those 2 Tim. 2. 25. If peradventure God will give them Repentance, to the acknowledging of the Truth. The Apostle in Acts 19 4 seems to have Reference to these Words of John the Baptist, John baptised with the Baptism of Repentance, saying unto the People, that they should believe, &c. where the latter Words▪ as we have already observed, are to explain how he preached Repentance.
It may be objected here, that the Scripture sometimes mentions Faith and Repentance together, as if they were entirely distinct Things; as in Mark 1. 15 Repent ye, and believe the Gospel. But there is no need of understanding these as two distinct Conditions of Salvation, but the Words are exegetical one of another: It is to teach us after what Manner we must repent, viz. as believing the Gospel, and after what Manner we must believe the Gospel, viz. as repenting: These Words no more prove Faith and Repentance to be entirely distinct, than those forementioned Matth. 21. 32 And ye when ye had seen it, repented not afterwards, that ye might believe him. Or those 2 Tim. 2. 25. If peradventure God will give them Repentance, to the acknowleging of the Truth. The Apostle in