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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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We are taught also by this happy Event how easy it will be for our blessed Lord to make a full Accomplishment ⟨p. iv⟩of all his Predictions concerning his Kingdom, and to spread his Dominion from Sea to Sea, thro' all the Nations of the Earth. We see how easy it is for him with one Turn of his Hand, with one Word of his Mouth, to awaken whole Countries of stupid and sleeping Sinners, and kindle divine Life in their Souls. The heavenly Influence shall run from door to door, filling the Hearts and Lips of every Inhabitant with importunate Inquiries, What shall we do to be saved? And •ow shall we escape the Wrath to come? And the Name of Christ the Saviour shall diffuse it self like a rich and vi•al Perfume to Multitudes that were ready to sink and perish under the painful Sense of their own Guilt and Danger. Salvation shall spread thro' all the Tribes and Ranks of Mankind, as the Lightning from Heaven in a few Moments would communicate a living Flame thro' ten thousand Lamps or Torches placed in a proper Situation and Neighbourhood. Thus a Nation shall be born in a Day when our Redeemer pi•ases, and his faithful and obedient Subjects shall become as numerous as the Spires of Grass in a Meadow newly mown, and refreshed with the Showers of Heaven. But the Pleasure of this agreeable Hint bears the Mind away from our Theme.
We are taught also by this happy Event how easy it will be for our blessed Lord to make a full Accomplishment ⟨p. iv⟩of all his Predictions concerning his Kingdom, and to spread his Dominion from Sea to Sea, thro' all the Nations of the Earth. We see how easy it is for him with one Turn of his Hand, with one Word of his Mouth, to awaken whole Countries of stupid and sleeping Sinners, and kindle divine Life in their Souls. The heavenly Influence shall run from door to door, filling the Hearts and Lips of every Inhabitant with importunate Inquiries, What shall we do to be saved? And •ow shall we escape the Wrath to come? And the Name of Christ the Saviour shall diffuse it self like a rich and vi•al Perfume to Multitudes that were ready to sink and perish under the painful Sense of their own Guilt and Danger. Salvation shall spread thro' all the Tribes and Ranks of Mankind, as the Lightning from Heaven in a few Moments would communicate a living Flame thro' ten thousand Lamps or Torches placed in a proper Situation and Neighbourhood. Thus a Nation shall be born in a Day when our Redeemer piases, and his faithful and obedient Subjects shall become as numerous as the Spires of Grass in a Meadow newly mown, and refresh'd with the Showers of Heaven. But the Pleasure of this agreeable Hint bears the Mind away from our Theme.