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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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2. What Means do you expect to be awakened by? As to the awakening awful Things of the Word of God, those you have had set before you Times without Number, in the most moving Manner that the Dispensers of the Word have been capable of. As to particular solemn Warnings, directed to those that are in your Circumstances, those you have frequently had, and have them now from Time to Time. Do you expect to be awakened by awful Providences? Those also you have lately had, of the most awakening Nature, ••e after another. ⟨p. 166⟩Do you expect to be moved by the Deaths of others? We have lately had repeated Instances of these: The•e have been Deaths of old and young: The Year has been remarkable for the Deaths of young Persons, in the Bloom of Life, and some of them very sudden Deaths. Will the Conversion of others move you?—There is indeed scarce any Thing that is found to have so great a Tendency to stir Persons up as this: But this you have been tried with of late in frequent Instances; but are hitherto Proof against it. Will a general pouring out of the Spirit, and seeing a Concern about Salvation amongst all Sorts of People do it? This Means you now have, but without Effect. Yea you have all these Things together; you have the solemn Warnings of God's Word, and awful Instances of Death, and the Conversion of others, and see a general Concern about Salvation: But all together don't move you to any great Concern, about your own precious, immortal, and miserable Soul. Therefore consider by what Means it is that you expect ever to be awakened.
2. What Means do you expect to be awaken'd by? As to the awakening awful Things of the Word of God, those you have had set before you Times without Number, in the most moving Manner that the Dispensers of the Word have been capable of. As to particular solemn Warnings, directed to those that are in your Circumstances, those you have frequently had, and have them now from Time to Time. Do you expect to be awaken'd by awful Providences? Those also you have lately had, of the most awakening Nature, ••e after another. ⟨p. 166⟩Do you expect to be moved by the Deaths of others? We have lately had repeated Instances of these: Thee have been Deaths of old and young: The Year has been remarkable for the Deaths of young Persons, in the Bloom of Life, and some of them very sudden Deaths. Will the Conversion of others move you?—There is indeed scarce any Thing that is found to have so great a Tendency to stir Persons up as this: But this you have been tried with of late in frequent Instances; but are hitherto Proof against it. Will a general pouring out of the Spirit, and seeing a Concern about Salvation amongst all Sorts of People do it? This Means you now have, but without Effect. Yea you have all these Things together; you have the solemn Warnings of God's Word, and awful Instances of Death, and the Conversion of others, and see a general Concern about Salvation: But all together don't move you to any great Concern, about your own precious, immortal, and miserable Soul. Therefore consider by what Means it is that you expect ever to be awakened.