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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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God is now calling you in an extraordinary Manner, and 'tis agreeable to the Will and Word of Christ that I should now, in his Name call you▪ as one set over you, and sent to you to that End; so 'tis his Will that you should hearken to what I say, as his Voice: I therefore beseech you in Christ's Stead now to press into the Kingdom of God! Whoever you are, whether young or old, small or great; whatever you be; if you are a great Sinner, if you have be•n a Backslider, if you have quenched the Spirit, let you be who you will, and whatever you have done, don't stand making Objections, but arise, apply your self to your Work! Do, what you have to do, with your Might. Christ is calling you before, and holding forth his Grace and everlasting Benefits, and Wrath is pursuing you behind; wherefore fly for your Life, and look not behind you!
God is now calling you in an extraordinary Manner, and 'tis agreable to the Will and Word of Christ that I should now, in his Name call you▪ as one set over you, and sent to you to that End; so 'tis his Will that you should hearken to what I say, as his Voice: I therefore beseech you in Christ's Stead now to press into the Kingdom of God! Whoever you are, whether young or old, small or great; whatever you be; if you are a great Sinner, if you have be•n a Backslider, if you have quenched the Spirit, let you be who you will, and whatever you have done, don't stand making Objections, but arise, apply your self to your Work! Do, what you have to do, with your Might. Christ is calling you before, and holding forth his Grace and everlasting Benefits, and Wrath is pursuing you behind; wherefore fly for your Life, and look not behind you!
But here I would particularly direct my self to several Sorts of Persons.