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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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I am sensible that by this Time, many Persons are ready to open their Mouths in Objection against this: I• all should speak what they now think, we should hear a Murmuring all over the Meeting-House, and one and another would say, I can't see how this can be that I be not willing that Christ should be my Saviour, when I would give all the World that he was my Saviour: How is it Possible that I should not be willing to have Christ for my Saviour, when this is what I am seeking after, and praying for, and striving for, as for my Life?
Here therefore I would endeavour to convince you that you are under a gross Mistake in this Matter. And 1. I would endeavour to show the Weakness of the Grounds of your Mistake. And, 2. To demonstrate to you, that you have rejected, and do wilfully reject Jesus Christ.
Here therefore I would endeavour to convince you that you are under a gross Mistake in this Matter. And 1. I would endeavour to shew the Weakness of the Grounds of your Mistake. And, 2. To demonstrate to you, that you have rejected, and do wilfully reject Jesus Christ.
1. That you may see the Weakness of the Grounds of your Mistake, consider,