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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 will finish what I have to say to natural Men, in the Application of this Doctrine, with a Caution not to improve the Doctrine to Discouragement. For though it would be righteous in God forever to cast you off, and destroy you, yet it will also be just in God to save you, in and through Christ, who has made complete Satisfaction for all Sin. Rom. 3 25, 26 Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation, through Faith in his Blood, to declare his Righteousness, for the Remission of Sins that are past, through the Forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this Time his Righteousness, that he might be just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Yea, God ⟨p. 241⟩may through this Mediator, not only justly, but honourably, show you Mercy. The Blood of Christ is so precious, that it is fully sufficient to pay that Debt that you have contracted, and perfectly to vindicate the divine Majesty from all that Dishonour that has been cast upon it, by those many great Sins of yours that have been mentioned. It was as great, and indeed a much greater Thing, for Christ to die, than it would have been for you, and all Mankind, to have burnt in Hell to all Eternity. Of such Dignity and Excellency is Christ in the Eyes of God, that seeing he has suffered so much for poor Sinners, God is willing to be at Peace with them, however vile and unworthy they have been, and on how many Accounts so ever the Punishment would be just. So that you need not be at all discouraged from seeking Mercy, for there is enough in Christ.
I will finish what I have to say to natural Men, in the Application of this Doctrine, with a Caution not to improve the Doctrine to Discouragement. For though it would be righteous in God forever to cast you off, and destroy you, yet it will also be just in God to save you, in and through Christ, who has made compleat Satisfaction for all Sin. Rom. 3 25, 26 Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation, through Faith in his Blood, to declare his Righteousness, for the Remission of Sins that are past, through the Forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this Time his Righteousness, that he might be just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Yea, God ⟨p. 241⟩