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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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Don't do as Orpah did, who though at first she made as though she would follow Naomi, yet when she had the Difficulty of it set before her, went back: But say as Ruth, I will not leave thee, but where thou go•st, I will go: Thy People shall be my People, and thy God my God. Say as she said, and do as she did. Consider the Excellency of their God, and their Saviour, and the Happiness of their People, the blessed State that they are in, and the doleful State that you are in.
You that are old Sinners, that have lived long in the Service of Satan, have lately seen some that were with you, that have travelled with you in the Paths of Sin, these many Years, that with you enjoyed great Means and Advantages, that have had Calls and Warnings with you, and have with you passed through remarkable Times of the pouring out of God's Spirit in this Place, and have hardened their Hearts, and stood it out with you, and with you have grown old in Sin; I say, you have seen some of them turning to God, i. e. you have seen those Evidences of it in them, whence you may rationally judge that it is so. O! let it not be a final Parting! You have been thus long together in Sin, and under ⟨p. 185⟩Condemnation; let it be your firm Resolution, that, if possible, you will be with them still, now they are in an holy and happy State, and that you will follow them into the holy and pleasant Land.
You that are old Sinners, that have lived long in the Service of Satan, have lately seen some that were with you, that have travell'd with you in the Paths of Sin, these many Years, that with you enjoyed great Means and Advantages, that have had Calls and Warnings with you, and have with you pass'd through remarkable Times of the pouring out of God's Spirit in this Place, and have harden'd their Hearts, and stood it out with you, and with you have grown old in Sin; I say, you have seen some of them turning to God, i. e. you have seen those Evidences of it in them, whence you may rationally judge that it is so. O! let it not be a final Parting! You have been thus long together in Sin, and under