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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. There is a Conjunction of such Excellencies in Christ. as, in our Manner of conceiving, are very diverse one from another. Such are the various divine Perfections and Excellencies that Christ is possessed of. Christ is a divine Person, or one that is God; and therefore has all ⟨p. 248⟩the Attributes of God. The Difference there is between these is chiefly relative, and in our Manner of conceiving of them. And those that in this Sense are most Diverse, do meet in the Person of Christ. I shall mention two Instances.
1. There do meet in Jesus Christ, infinite Highness, and infinite Condescension Christ, as he is God, is infinitely great and high above all. He is higher than the Kings of the Earth; for he is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. He is higher than the Heavens, and higher than the highest Angels of Heaven. So great is He, that all Men, all Kings and Princes, are as Worms of the Dust before him, all Nations are as the Drop of the Bucket, and the light Dust of the Balance; yea, and Angels themselves are as nothing before him. He is so high, that he is infinitely above any Need of us; above our Reach, that we cannot be profitable to him, and above our Conceptions, that we cannot comprehend him. Prov. 30 4. What is his Name, and what is his Son's Name, if thou canst tell? Our Understandings, if we stretch them never so far, c•n't reach up to his divine Glory. Job 11. 8 It is high as Heaven, what canst tho […] do?—Christ is the Creator, and great Possessor of Heaven and Earth: He is sovereign Lord of all: He rules over the whole Universe, and doth whatsoever pleaseth him: H•• Knowledge is without Bound: His Wisdom is perfect, and what none can circumvent: His Power is infinite, and none can resist him: His Riches are immense and inexhaustible: His Majesty is infinitely awful.