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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 you that are Children, there have lately been some of your Sort, that have repented of their Sins, and have loved the Lord Jesus Christ, and trusted in him, and are become God's Children, as we have Reason to hope; Let it stir you up to resolve to your utmost to seek and cry to God, that you may have the like Change made in your Hearts, that their People may be your People, and their God your God.
You that are great Sinners, that have made your selves distinguishingly guilty, by the wicked Practices you have lived in, there are some of your Sort, that have lately (as we have Reason to hope) had their Hearts broken for Sin, and have forsaken it, and have trusted in the Blood of Christ for the Pardon of it, and have chosen an holy Life, and have betaken themselves to the Ways of Wisdom: Let it ex•••• and encourage you, resolutely to cleave to them, and earnestly to follow, them.
Let the following Things be here considered.
1. That your Soul is as precious as theirs. It is immortal as theirs is; and stands in as much Need of Happiness, and can as ill bear eternal Misery. You was born in the same miserable Condition that they were, having the same Wrath of God abiding on you. You must stand before the same Judge; who will be as strict in Judgment with you, as with them; and your own Righteousness will stand you in no more Stead before him, than theirs; and therefore you stand in as absolute Necessity of a Saviour as they. Carnal Confidences can no more answer your End than theirs; nor can this World or it's Enjoyments, serve to make you happy, without God, and Christ, more than them. When the Bridegroom comes, the foolish Virgins stand in as much Need of Oil, as the Wise,