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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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3. God may justly show greater Respect to others than to you, for you have shown greater Respect to others than to God. You have shown greater Respect to Men than to God: You have rather chosen to offend God than offend Men. God only shows a greater Respect to others that are by Nature your Equals, than to you; but you have shown a greater Respect to those that are infinitely inferior to God, than to Him You have shown a greater Regard to wicked Men, than to God; you have honoured them more, loved them better, and adhered to them rather than to Him. Yea, you have honoured the Devil, in many Respects, more than God; you have chosen his Will, and his Interest, rather than God's Will, and his Glory. You have chosen a little worldly Pelf, rather than God: You have set more by a vile Lust, than by him You have chosen these Things, and rejected God: You have set your Heart on these Things, and cast God behind your Back: And where is the Injustice if God is pleased to show greater Respect to others than to you, or if he chooses others and rejects you? You have shown great Respect to vile and worthless Things, and no Respect to God's Glory; and why may not God set his Love on others, and have no Respect to your Happiness? You have shown great Respect to others, and not to God, that you are laid under infinite Obligations to respect above all; and why may not God show Respect to others, and not to you, that never have laid him under the least Obligation?
3. God may justly shew greater Respect to others than to you, for you have shown greater Respect to others than to God. You have shown greater Respect to Men than to God: You have rather chosen to offend God than offend Men. God only shews a greater Respect to others that are by Nature your Equals, than to you; but you have shown a greater Respect to those that are infinitely inferiour to God, than to Him You have shown a greater Regard to wicked Men, than to God; you have honoured them more, loved them better, and adhered to them rather than to Him. Yea, you have honoured the Devil, in many Respects, more than God; you have chosen his Will, and his Interest, rather than God's Will, and his Glory. You have chosen a little worldly Pelf, rather than God: You have set more by a vile Lust, than by him You have chosen these Things, and rejected God: You have set your Heart on these Things, and cast God behind your Back: And where is the Injustice if God is pleased to shew greater Respect to others than to you, or if he chooses others and rejects you? You have shown great Respect to vile and worthless Things, and no Respect to God's Glory; and why may not God set his Love on others, and have no Respect to your Happiness? You have shown great Respect to others, and not to God, that you are laid under infinite Obligations to respect above all; and why may not God shew Respect to others, and not to you, that never have laid him under the least Obligation?