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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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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, Matth. 27. 43. And the Apostle testifies, 1 Pet. 2. 23. That he committed himself to God.
III. Such diverse Excellencies are expressed in him towards Men, that otherwise would have seemed impossible to be exercised towards the same Object; as particularly these three, Justice, Mercy and Truth. The same that are mentioned, Psalm. 85. 10