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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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Let us return to the present Narrative. 'Tis worthy of our Observation, that this great and surprising Work does not seem to have taken i• Rise from any sudden and distre•••ng Calamity or public Terror that might universally impress the Minds of a People: Here was no Storm, no Earthquake, no Inundation of Water, no Desolation by Fire, no Pestilence or any other sweeping Distemper, nor any cruel Invasion by their Indian Neighbours, that might force the Inhabitants into a serious Thoughtfulness, and a religious Temper by the Fears of approaching Death and Judgment. Such Scenes as these have sometimes been made happily effectual to awaken Sinners in Zion, and the formal Professor and the Hypocrite have been terrified with the Thoughts of divine Wrath breaking in upon them, Who shall dwell with everlasting Burnings? But in the present Case the immediate Hand of God in the Work of his Spirit appears much more evident, because ⟨p. v⟩cause there is no such awful and threatening Providence attending it.
Let us return to the present Narrative. 'Tis worthy of our Observation, that this great and surprizing Work does not seem to have taken i• Rise from any sudden and distre•••ng Calamity or publick Terror that might universally impress the Minds of a People: Here was no Storm, no Earthquake, no Inundation of Water, no Desolation by Fire, no Pestilence or any other sweeping Distemper, nor any cruel Invasion by their Indian Neighbours, that might force the Inhabitants into a serious Thoughtfulness, and a religious Temper by the Fears of approaching Death and Judgment. Such Scenes as these have sometimes been made happily effectual to awaken Sinners in Zion, and the formal Professor and the Hypocrite have been terrify'd with the Thoughts of divine Wrath breaking in upon them, Who shall dwell with everlasting Burrings? But in the present Case the immediate Hand of God in the Work of his Spirit appears much more evident, because ⟨p. v⟩cause there is no such awful and threat'ning Providence attending it.