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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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And we don't know but that this may be the Case now, that God is about, in a great Measure, to forsake this […] and, and give up this People, and to bring most awful and overwhelming Judgments upon it, and that he is now gathering in his Elect, to secure them from the Calamity. The State of the Nation, and of this Land, never looked so threatening of such a Thing as it does at this Day. The present Aspect of Things exceedingly threatens the dying of vital Religion, and even of those Truths that are especially the Foundation of it, out of this Land, and so God's departing from us. If it should be so, how awful will the Case be with those that shall be left, a•d not brought in, while God continues the Influences of his Spirit, to gather in those that are to be redeemed from amongst us!
And we don't know but that this may be the Case now, that God is about, in a great Measure, to forsake this 〈…〉 and, and give up this People, and to bring most awful and overwhelming Judgments upon it, and that he is now gathering in his Elect, to secure them from the Calamity. The State of the Nation, and of this Land, never looked so threatning of such a Thing as it does at this Day. The present Aspect of Things exceedingly threatens the dying of vital Religion, and even of those Truths that are especially the Foundation of it, out of this Land, and so God's departing from us. If it should be so, how awful will the Case be with those that shall be left, a•d not brought in, while God continues the Influences of his Spirit, to gather in those that are to be redeemed from amongst us!
9. If you neglect the present Opportunity, and •e finally unbelieving, those that are converted in this Time of the pouring out of God's Spirit, will rise up in Judgment against you. Your Neighbours, your Relations, Acquaintance, or Companions that are converted, will that Day appear against you: They won't only be taken while you are left, mounting up with Joy to ⟨p. 163⟩