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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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6. In the Person of Christ are conjoined absolute Sovereignty, and perfect Resignation. This is another unparalleled Conjunction. Christ as he is God, is the absolute Sovereign of the World: He is the sovereign Disposer of all Events. The Decrees of God are all his sovereign Decrees; and the Work of Creation, and all God's Works of Providence, are his sovereign Works. 'Tis he that worketh all Things according to the Counsel of his own Will. Col. 1. 16, 17. By him, and thro' him, and to him, are all Things. John. 15. 17. The Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Matth. 8. 3. I will, be thou clean.
6. In the Person of Christ are conjoined absolute Sovereignty, and perfect Resignation. This is another unparallel'd Conjunction. Christ as he is God, is the absolute Sovereign of the World: He is the sovereign Disposer of all Events. The Decrees of God are all his sovereign Decrees; and the Work of Creation, and all God's Works of Providence, are his sovereign Works. 'Tis he that worketh all Things according to the Counsel of his own Will. Col. 1. 16, 17. By him, and thro' him, and to him, are all Things. John. 15. 17. The Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Matth. 8. 3. I will, be thou clean.
But yet Christ was the most wonderful Instance of Resignation, that ever appeared in the World. He was absolutely and perfectly resigned, when he had a near, and immediate Prospect of his terrible Sufferings, and the dreadful Cup that he was to drink, the Idea and Expectation of which, made his Soul exceeding Sorrowful, even unto Death, and put him into such an Agony, that his Sweat was as it were great Drops, or Clots of Blood, falling down to the Ground. But in such Circumstances, be was wholly resigned to the Will of God.