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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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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. ⟨p. 256⟩Matth. 26. 39. O my Father, if it be possible, let this Cup pass from me! Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. Verse 42. O my Father, if this Cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, Thy Will be done!
7. In Christ do meet together, Self-sufficiency, and an entire Trust and Reliance on God; which is another Conjunction peculiar to the Person of Christ. As he is a divine Person he is self-sufficient, standing in Need of nothing; all Creatures are dependent on him, but he is dependent on none, but is absolutely independent. His Proceeding from the Father in his eternal Generation, or Filiation, argues no proper Dependence on the Will of the Father; for that Proceeding was natural and necessary, and not arbitrary. But yet Christ entirely trusted in God: His Enemies say that of him, He trusted in God that he would deliver him, Matth. 27. 43. And the Apostle testifies, 1 Pet. 2. 23. That he committed himself to God.
7. In Christ do meet together, Self-sufficiency, and an intire Trust and Reliance on God; which is another Conjunction peculiar to the Person of Christ. As he is a divine Person he is self-sufficient, standing in Need of nothing; all Creatures are dependent on him, but he is dependent on none, but is absolutely independent. His Proceeding from the Father in his eternal Generation, or Filiation, argues no proper Dependance on the Will of the Father; for that Proceeding was natural and necessary, and not arbitrary. But yet Christ intirely trusted in God: His Enemies say that of him, He trusted in God that he would deliver him,