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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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The People of the County, in general, I suppose, are as sober, and orderly, and good sort of People, as in any Part of New England; and I believe they have been preserved the freest by far, of any Part of the Country, from Error, and variety of Sects and Opinions. Our being so far within the Land, at a distance from Sea-ports, and in a Corner of the Country, has doubtless been one Reason why we have not been so much corrupted with Vice, as most other Parts. But without question, the Religion, and good Order of the County, and their Purity in Doctrine, has, under God, been very much owing to the great Abilities, and eminent Piety, of my venerable and honoured Grandfather Stoddard. I suppose we have been the freest of any Part of the Land from unhappy Division, and Quarrels in our ecclesiastical and religious Affairs, till the late lamentable* Springfield Contention.
The People of the County, in general, I suppose, are as sober, and orderly, and good sort of People, as in any Part of NewEngland; and I believe they have been preserved the freest by far, of any Part of the Country, from Error, and variety of Sects and Opinions. Our being so far within the Land, at a distance from Sea-ports, and in a Corner of the Country, has doubtless been one Reason why we have not been so much corrupted with Vice, as most other Parts. But without question, the Religion, and good Order of the County, and their Purity in Doctrine, has, under God, been very much owing to the great Abilities, and eminent Piety, of my venerable and honoured Grandfather Stoddard. I suppose we have been the freest of any Part of the Land from unhappy Division, and Quarrels in our acclesiastical and religious Affairs, till the late lamentable* Springfield Contention.
- *The Springfield Contention relates to the Settlement of a Minister there, which occasion'd too warm Debates between some, both Pastors and People, that were for it, and others that were against it, on account of their different Apprehensions about his Principles, and about some Steps that were taken to procure his Ordination.