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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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And tho' Christ ordinarily appeared without outward Glory, and in great Obscurity, yet at a certain Time he threw off the Veil, and appeared in his divine Majesty, so far as it could be outwardly manifested to Men in this frail State, when he was transfigured in the Mount. The Apostle Peter speaks of it, 2 Pet. 1. 16, 17. speaking there of himself, as one that was an Eye Witness of his Majesty, when he received from God the Father, Honour and Glory, when there came such a Voice to him, from the excellent Glory, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased; which Voice that came from Heaven, they heard, when they were with him in the holy Mount.
And at the same Time that Christ was wont to appear in such Meekness, Condescension and Humility, in his familiar Discourses with his Disciples, appearing therein as the Lamb of God, he was also wont to appear as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, with divine Authority and Majesty, in his so sharply rebuking the Scribes and Pharisees, and other Hypocrites.
III. This admirable Conjunction of Excellencies remarkably appears, in his offering up himself a Sacrifice for Sinners in his last Sufferings. As this was the greatest Thing in all the Work of Redemption, the greatest Act of Christ in that Work; so in this Act especially, does th••e appear that admirable Conjunction of Excellencies, ⟨p. 262⟩that has been spoken of. Christ never so much appeared as a Lamb, as when he was s•ain: He came like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Isai. 53. 7. Then he was offered up to God as a Lamb without Blemish, and without Spot: Then especially did he appear to be the Anti-type of the Lamb of the Passover: