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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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In the Month of March, the People in South-Hadley began to be seized with deep Concern about the Things of Religion; which very soon became universal: ⟨p. 12⟩And the Work of God has been very wonderful there; not much, if any thing, short of what it has been here, in proportion to the bigness of the Place. About the same Time, it began to break forth in the West part of Suffield, (where it has also been very great,) and it soon spread into all parts of the Town. It next appeared at Sunderland, and soon overspread the Town; and I believe was, for a Season, not less remarkable than it was here. About the same time, it began to appear in a part of Deerfield, called Green-River, and afterwards filled the Town, and there has been a glorious Work there: It began also to be manifest, in the South part of Hatfield, in a place called the Hill, and after that the whole Town, in the second Week in April, seemed to be seized, as it were at once, with Concern about the Things of Religion; and the Work of God has been great there. There has been also a very general Awakening at West Springfield, and Long-Meadow; and in Enfield, there was for a time no small Concern amongst some that before had been very loose Persons. About the same time that this appeared at Enfield, the Rev. Mr. B•ll of Westfield informed me, that there had been a great Alteration there, and that more had been done in one Week there than in seven Years before. Something of this Work like wise appeared in the first Precinct in Springfield, principally in the North and South Extremes of the Parish. And in Hadley old Town, there gradually appeared so much of a Work of God on Souls, as at another time would have been thought worthy of much Notice. For a short time there was also a very great and general Concern, of the like nature, at Northfield. And wherever this Concern appeared, it seemed not to be in vain: But in every P•ace God brought saving Blessings with him, and his Word attended with his Spirit (as we have all reason to think) returned not void. It might well be said at that time in all Parts of the County, Who are these that fly as a Cloud, and as Doves to their Windows?
In the Month of March, the People in South-Hadley began to be seized with deep Concern about the Things of Religion; which very soon became universal: ⟨p. 12⟩