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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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When Christ was going to Heaven, he comforted his Disciples with that, that after a while, he would come again, and take them to himself, that they might be with him again. And we are not to suppose that when the Disciples got to Heaven, they found him keeping a greater Distance, than he used to do. No, doubtless, he embraced them as Friends, and welcomed them to his, and their, Father's House, and to his, and their, Glory. They that had been his Friends in this World, that had been together with him here, and had together partook of Sorrows and Troubles, are now welcomed by him to Rest, and to partake of Glory with him. He took them and led them into his Chambers, and showed them all h•s Glory; as he prayed, John 17. 24 Father, I will, that they also whom thou hast given me, be with me, that they may behold the Glory which thou hast given me. And he led them to his living Fountains of Waters, and made them partake of his Delights; as he prays, John 17. 13. […] Joy may be fulfilled in themselves. And set them down with him at his Table in his Kingdom, and made them partake with him of his Dainties, according to his Promise, Luke 22. 30. And led them into his Banqueting-House, and made them to drink new Wine with him in the Kingdom of his heavenly Father; as he foretold them, when he instituted the Lord's Supper; Matth. 26. 2•.
When Christ was going to Heaven, he comforted his Disciples with that, that after a while, he would come again, and take them to himself, that they might be with him again. And we are not to suppose that when the Disciples got to Heaven, they found him keeping a greater Distance, than he used to do. No, doubtless, he embraced them as Friends, and welcom'd them to his, and their, Father's House, and to his, and their, Glory. They that had been his Friends in this World, that had been together with him here, and had together partook of Sorrows and Troubles, are now welcom'd by him to Rest, and to partake of Glory with him. He took them and led them into his Chambers, and shewed them all h•s Glory; as he prayed,