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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 those in whom Awakenings seem to have a saving Issue, commonly the first Thing that appears after their legal Troubles, is a Conviction of the Justice of God in their Condemnation, in a Sense of their own exceeding Sinfulness, and the Vileness of all their Performances: In giving Account of this, they expressed themselves very variously; some, that God was Sovereig•• and might receive others and reject them; some, that they were convinced, that God might justly bestow Mercy on every Person in the Town, and on every Person in the World, and damn themselves to all Eternity; some, that they see that God may justly have no Regard to all the Pains they have taken, and all the Prayers they have made; some, that they see that if they should seek, and take the utmost Pains, all their Lives, God might justly cast them into Hell at last, because all their Labours, Prayers, and Tears, cannot make an Atonement for the least Sin, nor merit any Blessing at the Hands of God; some have declared themselves to be in the Hands of God, that he can, and may dispose of them just as he pleases, some, that God may glorify himself in their Damnation, and they wonder that God has suffered them to live so long, and has not cast 'em into Hell long ago.
In those in whom Awakenings seem to have a saving Issue, commonly the first Thing that appears after their legal Troubles, is a Conviction of the Justice of God in their Condemnation, in a Sense of their own exceeding Sinfulness, and the Vileness of all their Performances: In giving Account of this, they express'd themselves very variously; some, that God was Sovereig•• and might receive others and reject them; some, that they were convinced, that God might justly bestow Mercy on every Person in the Town, and on every Person in the World, and damn themselves to all Eternity; some, that they see that God may justly have no Regard to all the Pains they have taken, and all the Prayers they have made; some, that they see that if they should seek, and take the utmost Pains, all their Lives, God might justly cast them into Hell at last, because all their Labours, Prayers, and Tears, cannot make an Atonement for the least Sin, nor merit any Blessing at the Hands of God; some have declared themselves to be in the Hands of God, that he can, and may dispose of them just as he pleases, some, that God may glorify himself in their Damnation, and they wonder that God has suffered them to live so long, and has not cast 'em into Hell long ago.