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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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APPLICATION.
The USE I would make of this Doctrine, is of Exhortation to all Christless Persons to press into the Kingdom of God. Some of you are inquiring what you shall do. You seem to desire to know what is the Way wherein Salvation is to be sought, and how you may be likely to obtain it: You have now heard the Way that the holy Word of God directs to.—Some are seeking, but it can't be said of them that they are pressing into the Kingdom of Heaven. There are many that in Time past have sought Salvation, but not in this Manner, and so they never obtained, but are now gone to Hell: Some of them sought it Year after Year, but failed of it, and perished at last: They were overtaken with divine Wrath, and are now suffering the fearful Misery of Damnation, and have no Rest Day nor Night, having no more Opportunity to seek, but must suffer and be miserable throughout the never ending Ages of Eternity. Be exhorted therefore not to seek Salvation as they did, but let the Kingdom of Heaven suffer Violence from you.
The USE I would make of this Doctrine, is of Exhortation to all Christless Persons to press into the Kingdom of God. Some of you are inquiring what you shall do. You seem to desire to know what is the Way wherein Salvation is to be sought, and how you may be likely to obtain it: You have now heard the Way that the holy Word of God directs to.—Some are seeking, but it can't be said of them that they are pressing into the Kingdom of Heaven. There are many that in Time past have sought Salvation, but not in this Manner, and so they never obtain'd, but are now gone to Hell: Some of them sought it Year after Year, but fail'd of it, and perished at last: They were overtaken with divine Wrath, and are now suffering the fearful Misery of Damnation, and have no Rest Day nor Night, having no more Opportunity to seek, but must suffer and be miserable throughout the never ending Ages of Eternity. Be exhorted therefore not to seek Salvation as they did, but let the Kingdom of Heaven suffer Violence from you.