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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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2. If you do come to Christ he will appear as a Lion, in his glorious Power and Dominion, to defend you. All those Excellencies of his in which he appears as a Lion, shall be yours, and […] be employed for you, in your Defence, for your Safety, and to promote your Glory; ⟨p. 278⟩he will be as a Lion to fight against your Enemies: He that touches you, or offends you, will provoke his Wrath, as he that stirs up a Lion.—Unless your Enemies can conquer this Lion, they shall not be able to destroy or hurt you; unless they are stronger than he, they shall not be able to hinder your Happiness. Isai. 31. 4. For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, like as the Lion, and the young Lion, roaring on his Prey, when a Multitude of Shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their Voice, nor abase himself […] the Noise of them; so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for the Hill thereof.
2. If you do come to Christ he will appear as a Lion, in his glorious Power and Dominion, to defend you. All those Excellencies of his in which he appears as a Lion, shall be yours, and 〈…〉 be employed for you, in your Defence, for your Safety, and to promote your Glory; ⟨p. 278⟩he will be as a Lion to fight against your Enemies: He that touches you, or offends you, will provoke his Wrath, as he that stirs up a Lion.—Unless your Enemies can conquer this Lion, they shall not be able to destroy or hurt you; unless they are stronger than he, they shall not be able to hinder your Happiness. Isai. 31. 4. For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, like as the Lion, and the young Lion, roaring on his Prey, when a Multitude of Shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their Voice, nor abase himself 〈…〉 the Noise of them; so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for the Hill thereof.