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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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When John saw this Book, he tells us he saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loud Voice, Who is worthy to open the Book, and to loose the Seals thereof? And no Man in Heaven, nor in Earth, neither under the Earth, was able to open the Book, neither to look thereon: And that he wept much, because no Man was found worthy to open and read the Book, neither to look thereon. And then tells us how his Tears were dried up, viz. that one of the Elders said unto him, Weep not; Behold the Lion of the Tribe of Judah hath prevailed, &c—as in the Text. Though no Man nor Angel, nor any mere Creature, was •ound either able to loose the Seals, or worthy to be admitted to the Privilege of Reading the Book, yet this was declared, for the Comfort of this beloved Disciple, that Christ was found both able and worthy. And we have an Account in the succeeding Chapters how he actually did it, opening the Seals in Order, first one, and then another, revealing what God had decreed should come to pass hereafter. And we have an Account in ⟨p. 246⟩this Chapter, of his coming and taking the Book out of the Right Hand of him that sat on the Throne, and of the joyful Praises that were sung to him, in Heaven and Earth, on that Occasion.
When John saw this Book, he tells us he saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loud Voice, Who is worthy to open the Book, and to loose the Seals thereof? And no Man in Heaven, nor in Earth, neither under the Earth, was able to open the Book, neither to look thereon: And that he wept much, because no Man was found worthy to open and read the Book, neither to look thereon. And then tells us how his Tears were dried up, viz. that one of the Elders said unto him, Weep not; Behold the Lion of the Tribe of Judah hath prevailed, &c—as in the Text. Though no Man nor Angel, nor any meer Creature, was •ound either able to loose the Seals, or worthy to be admitted to the Privilege of Reading the Book, yet this was declared, for the Comfort of this beloved Disciple, that Christ was found both able and worthy. And we have an Account in the succeeding Chapters how he actually did it, opening the Seals in Order, first one, and then another, rev•aling what God had decreed should come to pass hereafter. And we have an Account in ⟨p. 246⟩