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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. Christ in his last Sufferings suffered most extremely from those that he was then in his greatest Act of Love to. He never suffered so much from his Father, (though not from any Hatred to him, but from Hatred to our Sins) for he then forsook him, (as Christ on the Cross expresses it) or took away the Comforts of his Presence; and then it pleased the Lord to bruise him, and put him to Grief, as Isai. 53. 10. And yet never gave so great a Manifestation of Love to God as then, as has been already observed. So Christ never suffered so much from the Hands of Men as he did then; and yet never was in so high an Exercise of Love to Men. He never was so ill treated by his Disciples; who were so unconcerned about his Sufferings, that they would not watch with him one Hour, in his Agony; and when he was apprehended, all forsook him and fled, except Peter, who denied him with Oaths and Curses. And yet then he was suffering, shedding his Blood, and pouring out his Soul unto Death, for them. Yea, he probably was then shedding his Blood, for some of them that shed his Blood: He was dying for some that killed him; whom he prayed for, while they were crucifying him; and were probably afterwards brought Home to Christ by Peter's Preaching. Compare Luke 23. 34. Acts 2. 23, 36, 37, 41. And Chap. 3. 17. And Chap. 4. 4—This shows an admirable Meeting of Justice and Grace in the Redemption of Christ.
6. Christ in his last Sufferings suffered most extremely from those that he was then in his greatest Act of Love to. He never suffered so much from his Father, (though not from any Hatred to him, but from Hatred to our Sins) for he then forsook him, (as Christ on the Cross expresses it) or took away the Comforts of his Presence; and then it pleased the Lord to bruise him, and put him to Grief, as Isai. 53. 10. And yet never gave so great a Manifestation of Love to God as then, as has been already observed. So Christ never suffered so much from the Hands of Men as he did then; and yet never was in so high an Exercise of Love to Men. He never was so ill treated by his Disciples; who were so unconcerned about his Sufferings, that they would not watch with him one Hour, in his Agony; and when he was apprehended, all forsook him and fled, except Peter, who denied him with Oaths and Curses. And yet then he was suffering, shedding his Blood, and pouring out his Soul unto Death, for them. Yea, he probably was then shedding his Blood, for some of them that shed his Blood: He was dying for some that killed him; whom he prayed for, while they were crucifying him; and were probably afterwards brought Home to Christ by Peter's Preaching. Compare