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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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First. To look over your past Life: Inquire at the Mouth of Conscience, and hear what that has to testify concerning it. Consider what […] you are, what Light you have had, and what Means you have lived under:—And yet how have you behaved your self! What have those many Days and Nights, that you have lived, been filled up with? How have those Years, that have rolled over your Heads, one after another been spent? What has the Sun shone upon you for, from Day to Day, while you have improved his Light to serve Satan by it? What has God kept your Breath in your Nostrils for, and given you Meat and Drink, from Day to Day for, that you have spent that Life and Strength that have been supported by them, in opposing God, and Rebellion against him?
First. To look over your past Life: Inquire at the Mouth of Conscience, and hear what that has to testify concerning it. Consider what 〈…〉 you are, what Light you have had, and what Means you have lived under:—And yet how have you behaved your self! What have those many Days and Nights, that you have lived, been fill'd up with? How have those Years, that have rolled over your Heads, one after another been spent? What has the Sun shone upon you for, from Day to Day, while you have improved his Light to serve Satan by it? What has God kept your Breath in your Nostrils for, and given you Meat and Drink, from Day to Day for, that you have spent that Life and Strength that have been supported by them, in opposing God, and Rebellion against him?
How many Sorts of Wickedness have you been guilty of? How manifold have been the Abominations of your Life? What Profaneness and Contempt of God has been exercised by you? How little Regard have you had to the Scriptures, to the Word preached, to Sabbaths, and Sacraments? How profanely have you talked, many of you, about those Things that are holy? After what Manner have many of you kept God's holy Day, not regarding the Holiness of the Time, not caring what you thought of in it. Yea, you have not only spent the Time in worldly, vain, and unprofitable Thoughts, but in immoral Thoughts; pleasing your self with the Reflection on past Acts of Wickedness, and in contriving new Acts. Have not you spent much holy Time, in gratifying your Lusts in your Imaginations; yea not only