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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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II. I would address my self to such as yet remain unawakened 'Tis an awful Thing that there should be any one Person remaining secure amongst us, at such a Time a• this; but yet it is to be feared that there are some of this Sort▪ I would here a little expostulate with such Persons.
II. I would address my self to such as yet remain unawaken'd 'Tis an awful Thing that there should be any one Person remaining secure amongst us, at such a Time a• this; but yet it is to be feared that there are some of this Sort▪ I would here a little expostulate with such Persons.
I would put it to you,
1. When you expect that it will be more likely that you should be awakened, and wrought upon than now? You are in a Christless Condition; but yet without Doubt intend to go to Heaven; and therefore intend to be converted some Time before you die; which is not to be expected till you are first awakened, and deeply concerned about the Welfare of your Soul, and brought earnestly to seek God's converting Grace, And when ⟨p. 165⟩do you intend that this shall be? How do you lay Things out in your own Mind, or what Projection have ••u a•ou• th•s Ma•ter? Is it ever so likely that a Person will be awakened, as at such a Time as this? How do we see that many that before were secure are now roused out of their Sleep, and are crying, What shall I do to be vd? But you are yet secure!—Do you flatter your self that it will be more likely that you should be awakened, when it is a dull and dad Time? Do you lay Matters out thus in your own Mind, that tho' you are Senseless when others are generally awakened, that yet you shall be awakened when others are generally Senseless? Or do you hope to see another such Time of the pouring out of God's Spirit hereafter? And do you think that it will be more likely that you should be wrought upon then, than now? And why do ye think so? Is it because then you shall be so much older than you are now, and so that your Heart will be grown softer and mo tender with Age? Or because you will then have stood out so much longer against the Calls of the Gospel, and all Means of Grace? Do you think it more likely, that God will give you needed Influences of his Spirit then, than now, because then you will have provoked him so much more, and your Sin and Guilt will be so much greater? And do you think it will be any Benefit to you, to sand it out thro' the present Season of Grace, as Proof against the extraordinary Means of Awakening that now there are? Do you think that this will be a good Preparation for a saving Work of the Spirit hereafter?