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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
How sensual have you been! Are there not some here, that have debased themselves below the Dignity of humane Nature, by wallowing in sensual Filthiness, as Swine in the Mire, or as filthy Vermin seeding with Delight on rotten Carrion? What Intemperance have some of you been guilty of! How much of your precious Time have you spent away at the Tavern, and in drinking Companies, when you ought to have been at Home seeking God, and your Salvation in your Families and Closets!
How sensual have you been! Are there not some here, that have debased themselves below the Dignity of humane Nature, by wallowing in sensual Filthiness, as Swine in the Mire, or as filthy Vermine seeding with Delight on rotten Carrion? What Intemperance have some of you been guilty of! How much of your precious Time have you spent away at the Tavern, and in drinking Companies, when you ought to have been at Home seeking God, and your Salvation in your Families and Closets!
And what abominable Lasciviousness have some of you been guilty of! How have you indulged your self, from Day to Day, and from Night to Night, in all Manner of unclean Imaginations! Has not your Soul been filled with them, till it has become an Hold of soul Spirits, and a Cage of every unclean and hateful Bird? What •oul mouthed Persons have some of you been, often in le•d and lascivious Talk, and unclean Songs, wherein were Things not fit to be spoken! And such Company, where such Conversation has been carried on has been your Delight.—And what unclean Acts and Practices have you defiled your self with! God and your own Consciences know what abominable Lasciviousness you have practiced in Things not fit to be named, when you have been alone; when you ought to have been reading, or meditating, or on your Knees before God in secret Prayer. And how have you corrupted others, as well as polluted your selves! What vile Uncleanness have you Practiced in Company! What Abominations have you been guilty of in the Dark! Such as the Apostle doubtless had Respect to, in Eph. 5. 12