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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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10. and lastly. You don't know that you shall live through the present Time of the pouring out of God's Spirit. You may be taken away in the midst of it, or you may be taken away in the beginning of it; as God in his Providence is putting you in mind by the late Instance of Death, in a young Person in the Town.* God has of late been very awful in his Dealings with us, in the repeated Deaths of young Persons that have happened amongst us. This should stir every one up •o ⟨p. 164⟩be in the more haste to press into the Kingdom of God, that so you may be sa•e whenever Death comes. This is a blessed Season and Opportunity; but you don't know how little of it you may have: You may have much less of it than others: You may by Death be suddenly snatched away from all Advantages that are here enjoyed for the Good of Souls. Therefore make haste and escape for thy Life: One Moment's Delay •s dangerous; for Wrath is pursuing, and divine Vengeance hanging over every unconverted Person.
10. and lastly. You don't know that you shall live through the present Time of the pouring out of God's Spirit. You may be taken away in the midst of it, or you may be taken away in the beginning of it; as God in his Providence is putting you in mind by the late Instance of Death, in a young Person in the Town.* God has of late been very awful in his Dealings with us, in the repeated Deaths of young Persons that have happen'd amongst us. This should stir every one up •o ⟨p. 164⟩be in the more haste to press into the Kingdom of God, that so you may be sa•e whenever Death comes. This is a blessed Season and Opportunity; but you don't know how little of it you may have: You may have much less of it than others: You may by Death be suddenly snatched away from all Advantages that are here enjoyed for the Good of Souls. Therefore make haste and escape for thy Life: One Moment's Delay s dangerous; for Wrath is pursuing, and divine Vengeance hanging over every unconverted Person.