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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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it encourages us to look upon these divine Perfections, however high and great, yet as what we have some near Concern in, and more of a Right to, and Liberty freely to enjoy. And on the other Hand, how much more glorious and surprising do the Meekness, the Humility, Obedience, and Resignation, and other human Excellencies of Christ appear, when we consider that they are in so great a Person, as the eternal Son of God, the Lord of Heaven and Earth!
it encourages us to look upon these divine Perfections, however high and great, yet as what we have some near Concern in, and more of a Right to, and Liberty freely to enjoy. And on the other Hand, how much more glorious and surprizing do the Meekness, the Humility, Obedience, and Resignation, and other human Excellencies of Christ appear, when we consider that they are in so great a Person, as the eternal Son of God, the Lord of Heaven and Earth!
By your choosing Christ for your Friend and […] you will obtain these two infinite Benefits.
By your choosing Christ for your Friend and 〈…〉 you will obtain these two infinite Benefits.
1. Christ will give himself to you, with all those various Excellencies that meet in him, to your full and everlasting Enjoyment. He will ever after treat you as his dear Friend; and you shall ere long be where he is, and shall behold his Glory, and shall dwell with him, in most free & intimate Communion and Enjoyment.
1. Christ will give himself to you, with all those various Excellencies that meet in him, to your full and everlasting Enjoyment. He will ever after treat you as his dear Friend; and you shall e're long be where he is, and shall behold his Glory, and shall dwell with him, in most free & intimate Communion and Enjoyment.