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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 sometimes this proves a final Parting or Separation between them, and those that they have been formerly conversant with. Though it may be no Parting in outward Respects, they may still dwell together, and may converse one with another, yet in other Respects it sets them at a great Distance one from another: one is a Child of God, and the other the Enemy of God; one is in a miserable, and the other in a happy Condition; one is a Citizen of the heavenly Zion, the other is under Condemnation to He•l. They are no longer together in those Respects, wherein they used to be together: They used to be of one Mind to serve Sin, and ⟨p. 177⟩do Satan's Work; now they are of contrary Minds: They used to be together in Worldliness, and sinful Vanity; now they are of exceeding different Dispositions. They are separated as they are in different Kingdoms; the one remains in the Kingdom of Darkness, the other is translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son. And sometimes they are finally separated in these Respects: while one dwells in the Land of Israel, and in the House of God; the other, like Orpah, lives and dies in the Land of Moab.
And sometimes this proves a final Parting or Seperation between them, and those that they have been formerly conversant with. Though it may be no Parting in outward Respects, they may still dwell together, and may converse one with another, yet in other Respects it sets them at a great Distance one from another: one is a Child of God, and the other the Enemy of God; one is in a miserable, and the other in a happy Condition; one is a Citizen of the heavenly Zion, the other is under Condemnation to He•l. They are no longer together in those Respects, wherein they used to be together: They used to be of one Mind to serve Sin, and ⟨p. 177⟩do Satan's Work; now they are of contrary Minds: They used to be together in Worldliness, and sinful Vanity; now they are of exceeding different Dispositions. They are seperated as they are in different Kingdoms; the one remains in the Kingdom of Darkness, the other is translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son. And sometimes they are finally seperated in these Respects: while one dwells in the Land of Israel, and in the House of God; the other, like Orpah, lives and dies in the Land of Moab.