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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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Object. If it be so, that I am not willing to have Christ for my Saviour, yet I can't make my self willing.
But I would give an Answer to this Objection, by laying down two Things, that must be acknowledged to be exceeding evident.
But I would give an Answer to this Objection, by laying down two Things, that must be acknowleged to be exceeding evident.
1 'Tis no Excuse that you can't receive Christ of your self, unless you would if you could. This is so evident of it self, that it scarce needs any Proof. Certainly if Persons would not if they could, it is just the same Thing as to the Blame that lies upon them, whether they can or cannot. If you were willing, and then found that you could not, your being unable would alter the Case, and might be some Excuse; because then the Defect would not be in your Will, but only in your Ability: But as long as you will not, it is no Matter what the Ability is, whether you have Ability or no Ability.