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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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These Awakenings when they have fi•st seized on Persons have had two Effects: One was, that they have brought them immediately to quit their sinful Practices, and the loo•er Sort have been brought to forsake and dread their former Vices and Extravagances When once the Spirit of God began to be so wonderfully poured out in a general way thro' the Town, People had soon done with their old Quarrels, Backbitings, and intermeddling with other Men's Matters; the Tavern was soon left empty, and Persons kept very much at home; none went abroad unless on necessary Business, or on some religio•s Account, and every Day seemed in many respects like a Sabbath Da•. And the other Effect was, that it put them on earnest Application to the means of Salvation, Reading, Prayer, Meditation, the Ordinances of God's House, and private Conference; their Cry was, What shall we do to be saved? The place of Resort was now altered, it was no longer the Tavern, but the Minister's House; that was thronged far more than ever the Tavern had been wont to be.
These Awakenings when they have fi•st seized on Persons have had two Effects: One was, that they have brought them immediately to quit their sinful Practices, and the loo•er Sort have been brought to forsake and dread their former Vices and Extravagancies When once the Spirit of God began to be so wonderfully poured out in a general way thro' the Town, People had soon done with their old Quarrels, Backbitings, and intermeddling with other Men's Matters; the Tavern was soon left empty, and Persons kept very much at home; none went abr•ad unless on necessary Business, or on some religio•s Account, and every Day seemed in many respects like a Sabbath Da•. And the other Effect was, that it put them on earnest Application to the means of Salvation, Reading, Prayer, Meditation, the Ordinances of God's House, and private Conference; their Cry was, What shall we do to be saved? The place of Resort was now altered, it was no longer the Tavern, but the Minister's House; that was thronged far more than ever the Tavern had been wont to be.