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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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So the immutable Truth of God, in the Threatenings of his Law against the Sins of Men, was never so manifested, as it is in Jesus Christ; for there never was any other so great a Trial of the Unalterableness of the Truth of God, in those Threatenings, as when Sin came to be imputed to his own Son. And then in Christ, has been seen already, an actual, complete Accomplishment of those Threatenings; which never has been, nor will be seen in any other Instance; because the Eternity that will be taken up in fulfilling those Threatenings on others, never will be finished. Christ manifested an infinite Regard to this Truth of God in his Sufferings. And in his judging the World, he makes the Covenant of Works that contains those dreadful Threatenings, his Rule of Judgment: He will see to it that it is not infringed in the least Jot or Tittle▪ he will do nothing contrary to the Threatenings of the Law, and their complete Fulfilment. And yet in him we have many great, and precious Promises, Promises of perfect Deliverance from the Penalty of the Law. And this is the Promise that he hath promised us, even eternal Life. And in him are all the Promises of God, Yea, and Amen
So the immutable Truth of God, in the Threatenings of his Law against the Sins of Men, was never so manifested, as it is in Jesus Christ; for there never was any other so great a Trial of the Unalterableness of the Truth of God, in those Threatenings, as when Sin came to be imputed to his own Son. And then in Christ, has been seen already, an actual, compleat Accomplishment of those Threatenings; which never has been, nor will be seen in any other Instance; because the Eternity that will be taken up in fulfilling those Threatnings on others, never will be finished. Christ manifested an infinite Regard to this Truth of God in his Sufferings. And in his judging the World, he makes the Covenant of Works that contains those dreadful Threatnings, his Rule of Judgment: He will see to it that it is not infringed in the least Jot or Tittle▪ he will do nothing contrary to the Threatnings of the Law, and their compleat Fulfilment. And yet in him we have many great, and precious Promises, Promises of perfect Deliverance from the Penalty of the Law. And this is the Promise that he hath promised us, even eternal Life. And in him are all the Promises of God, Yea, and Amen