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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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Particularly, I was surprised with the relation of a young Woman, who had been one of the greatest Company-Keepers in the whole Town: When she came to me, I had never heard that she was become in any wise serious, but by the Conversation I then had with her, it appeared to me, that what she gave an account of, was a glorious Work of God's infinite Power and sovereign Grace; and that God had given her a new Heart, truly broken and sanctified. I could not then doubt of it, and have seen much in my Acquaintance with her since to confirm in.
Particularly, I was surprized with the relation of a young Woman, who had been one of the greatest Company-Keepers in the whole Town: When she came to me, I had never heard that she was become in any wise serious, but by the Conversation I then had with her, it appeared to me, that what she gave an account of, was a glorious Work of God's infinite Power and sovereign Grace; and that God had given her a new Heart, truly broken and sanctified. I could not then doubt of it, and have seen much in my Acquaintance with her since to confirm in.
Tho' the Work was glorious, yet I was filled with concern about the Effect it might have upon others: I was ready to conclude (tho' •oo rashly) that some would be hardened by i•, in carelessness and looseness of Life; and would take occasion from it to open their Mouths, in Reproaches of Religion. But the Even• was the Reverse, to a wonderful degree; God made it, I suppose, the greatest occasion of awakening to others, of ⟨p. 8⟩any thing that ever came to pass in the Town. I have had abundant Opportunity to know the Effect it had, by my private Conversation with many. The news of it seemed to be almost like a flash of Lightning, upon the Hearts of young People, all over the Town, and upon many others. Those Persons amongst us, who used to be farthest from seriousness, and that I most feared would make an ill Improvement of it, seemed greatly to be awakened with it; many went to talk with her, concerning what she had met with; and what appeared in her seemed to be to the Satisfaction of all that did so.